#46BBD9#46BBD9

#46BBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46BBD9
RGBrgb(70, 187, 217)
HSLhsl(192, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(192, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.77, -23.23, -24.63)
CIE-LCHlch(70.77, 33.86, 226.68°)
OKLaboklab(73.87% -0.0873 -0.0686)
OKLCHoklch(73.87% 0.111 218.2)
XYZxyz(32.8153, 41.8488, 71.9804)
Luminance0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46BBD9 #D96446
analogous
#46D9AE #46BBD9 #4672D9
triadic
#46BBD9 #D946BB #BBD946
tetradic
#46BBD9 #AE46D9 #D96446 #72D946
square
#46BBD9 #AE46D9 #D96446 #72D946
split-complementary
#46BBD9 #D94672 #D9AE46
monochromatic
#1C7289 #269DBB #46BBD9 #79CEE3 #ACE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#46BBD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37
#46BBD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBD9
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46BBD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46BBD91.002.249.379.37
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3721.001.001.00
##0000009.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B6DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93A7D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 218.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe4',
    500: '#46bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46bbd9;
$custom-light: #8bcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46BBD9
secondary
#DCAB9F
accent
#623FE9
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

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#46BBD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva