#46B9DF#46B9DF

#46B9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.115 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9DF
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -20.33, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 34.98, 234.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0831 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.115 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1886, 41.3240, 76.0249)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9DF #DF6C46

analogous

#46DFB9 #46B9DF #466CDF

triadic

#46B9DF #DF46B9 #B9DF46

tetradic

#46B9DF #B946DF #DF6C46 #6CDF46

square

#46B9DF #B946DF #DF6C46 #6CDF46

split-complementary

#46B9DF #DF466C #DFB946

monochromatic

#197491 #229DC6 #46B9DF #7ACDE8 #AEE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#46B9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#46B9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9DF

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9DF	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.115 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcee9',
    500: '#46b9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9df;
$custom-light: #8bcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.902,
    "s": 70.507,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9DF

secondary

#DFB1A2

accent

#673BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9DF

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

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