#46B8DD#46B8DD

#46B8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8DD
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -20.45, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 34.62, 233.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0828 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.114 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7121, 40.7999, 74.5438)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8DD #DD6B46

analogous

#46DDB7 #46B8DD #466DDD

triadic

#46B8DD #DD46B8 #B8DD46

tetradic

#46B8DD #B746DD #DD6B46 #6DDD46

square

#46B8DD #B746DD #DD6B46 #6DDD46

split-complementary

#46B8DD #DD466D #DDB746

monochromatic

#1A728E #249BC2 #46B8DD #7ACCE7 #ADE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46B8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#46B8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8DD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8DD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde7',
    500: '#46b8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8dd;
$custom-light: #8bcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73332,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8DD

secondary

#DEB0A1

accent

#673CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8DD

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

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