#46BADD#46BADD

#46BADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BADD
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -21.48, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 34.53, 231.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0848 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.114 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1305, 41.6367, 74.6832)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BADD #DD6946

analogous

#46DDB4 #46BADD #466FDD

triadic

#46BADD #DD46BA #BADD46

tetradic

#46BADD #B446DD #DD6946 #6FDD46

square

#46BADD #B446DD #DD6946 #6FDD46

split-complementary

#46BADD #DD466F #DDB446

monochromatic

#1A738E #249DC2 #46BADD #7ACDE7 #ADE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#46BADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#46BADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BADD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BADD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46badd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe7',
    500: '#46badd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46badd;
$custom-light: #8bcfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46badd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.907,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.738,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BADD

secondary

#DEAFA1

accent

#653CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BADD

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

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