#46B9DD#46B9DD

#46B9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46B9DD
RGBrgb(70, 185, 221)
HSLhsl(194, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.33, -20.96, -27.48)
CIE-LCHlch(70.33, 34.57, 232.67°)
OKLaboklab(73.57% -0.0838 -0.0768)
OKLCHoklch(73.57% 0.114 222.5)
XYZxyz(32.9206, 41.2168, 74.6132)
Luminance0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46B9DD #DD6A46
analogous
#46DDB6 #46B9DD #466DDD
triadic
#46B9DD #DD46B9 #B9DD46
tetradic
#46B9DD #B646DD #DD6A46 #6DDD46
square
#46B9DD #B646DD #DD6A46 #6DDD46
split-complementary
#46B9DD #DD466D #DDB646
monochromatic
#1A738E #249CC2 #46B9DD #7ACDE7 #ADE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#46B9DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24
#46B9DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9DD
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46B9DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46B9DD1.002.279.249.24
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2421.001.001.00
##0000009.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4B5DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FA5DD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46b9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 222.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcee7',
    500: '#46b9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46b9dd;
$custom-light: #8bcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46b9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.305,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73566,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46B9DD
secondary
#DEAFA1
accent
#663CEC
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FC
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#46B9DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva