#46B9DB#46B9DB

#46B9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9DB
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -21.59, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 34.19, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0846 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.112 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6557, 41.1108, 73.2183)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9DB #DB6846

analogous

#46DBB2 #46B9DB #466FDB

triadic

#46B9DB #DB46B9 #B9DB46

tetradic

#46B9DB #B246DB #DB6846 #6FDB46

square

#46B9DB #B246DB #DB6846 #6FDB46

split-complementary

#46B9DB #DB466F #DBB246

monochromatic

#1B728B #259CBF #46B9DB #79CCE5 #ACE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#46B9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#46B9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9DB

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9DB	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcee6',
    500: '#46b9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9db;
$custom-light: #8bcee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.691,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73482,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9DB

secondary

#DDAEA0

accent

#653DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9DB

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

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