#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
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -20.96, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 34.57, 232.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0838 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.114 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9206, 41.2168, 74.6132)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##46B9DD	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #46B9DD

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

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