#46BAD9#46BAD9

#46BAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46BAD9
RGBrgb(70, 186, 217)
HSLhsl(193, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(193, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.47, -22.72, -25.08)
CIE-LCHlch(70.47, 33.84, 227.82°)
OKLaboklab(73.63% -0.0863 -0.0699)
OKLCHoklch(73.63% 0.111 219)
XYZxyz(32.6039, 41.4260, 71.9099)
Luminance0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46BAD9 #D96546
analogous
#46D9AF #46BAD9 #4671D9
triadic
#46BAD9 #D946BA #BAD946
tetradic
#46BAD9 #AF46D9 #D96546 #71D946
square
#46BAD9 #AF46D9 #D96546 #71D946
split-complementary
#46BAD9 #D94671 #D9AF46
monochromatic
#1C7289 #269CBB #46BAD9 #79CDE3 #ACE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#46BAD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29
#46BAD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAD9
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46BAD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46BAD91.002.269.299.29
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2921.001.001.00
##0000009.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B5DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A6D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46bad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 219.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe4',
    500: '#46bad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46bad9;
$custom-light: #8bcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46bad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.653,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.4143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46BAD9
secondary
#DCAC9F
accent
#633FE9
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAD9

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#46BAD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva