#46B8DB#46B8DB

#46B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8DB
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -21.07, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 34.22, 231.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0836 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.112 222)
XYZ	xyz(32.4472, 40.6939, 73.1488)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8DB #DB6946

analogous

#46DBB4 #46B8DB #466EDB

triadic

#46B8DB #DB46B8 #B8DB46

tetradic

#46B8DB #B446DB #DB6946 #6EDB46

square

#46B8DB #B446DB #DB6946 #6EDB46

split-complementary

#46B8DB #DB466E #DBB446

monochromatic

#1B718B #259BBF #46B8DB #79CCE5 #ACDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#46B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8DB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8DB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde6',
    500: '#46b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8db;
$custom-light: #8bcde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73247,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.40698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8DB

secondary

#DDAEA0

accent

#663DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8DB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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