#46B8DC#46B8DC

#46B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8DC
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -20.76, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 34.41, 232.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0832 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.113 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5793, 40.7467, 73.8442)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8DC #DC6A46

analogous

#46DCB5 #46B8DC #466DDC

triadic

#46B8DC #DC46B8 #B8DC46

tetradic

#46B8DC #B546DC #DC6A46 #6DDC46

square

#46B8DC #B546DC #DC6A46 #6DDC46

split-complementary

#46B8DC #DC466D #DCB546

monochromatic

#1B728D #249BC0 #46B8DC #79CCE6 #ADE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#46B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8DC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8DC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde7',
    500: '#46b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8dc;
$custom-light: #8bcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8DC

secondary

#DDAFA0

accent

#673DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8DC

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

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