#46B9DA#46B9DA

#46B9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9DA
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -21.90, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 34.01, 229.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0849 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.112 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5244, 41.0583, 72.5270)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9DA #DA6746

analogous

#46DAB1 #46B9DA #466FDA

triadic

#46B9DA #DA46B9 #B9DA46

tetradic

#46B9DA #B146DA #DA6746 #6FDA46

square

#46B9DA #B146DA #DA6746 #6FDA46

split-complementary

#46B9DA #DA466F #DAB146

monochromatic

#1C718A #269BBD #46B9DA #79CCE4 #ACE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#46B9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#46B9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9DA

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9DA	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcee5',
    500: '#46b9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9da;
$custom-light: #8bcee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.378,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7344,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9DA

secondary

#DCADA0

accent

#643EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9DA

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

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