#46B9DC#46B9DC

#46B9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9DC
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -21.28, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 34.37, 231.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0842 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.113 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7877, 41.1637, 73.9137)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9DC #DC6946

analogous

#46DCB4 #46B9DC #466EDC

triadic

#46B9DC #DC46B9 #B9DC46

tetradic

#46B9DC #B446DC #DC6946 #6EDC46

square

#46B9DC #B446DC #DC6946 #6EDC46

split-complementary

#46B9DC #DC466E #DCB446

monochromatic

#1B728D #249CC0 #46B9DC #79CCE6 #ADE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#46B9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#46B9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9DC

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9DC	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcee7',
    500: '#46b9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9dc;
$custom-light: #8bcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73524,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9DC

secondary

#DDAFA0

accent

#653DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9DC

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

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