#46BDD5#46BDD5

#46BDD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDD5
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -25.46, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 33.50, 220.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0909 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.109 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7286, 42.4977, 69.4159)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDD5 #D55E46

analogous

#46D5A5 #46BDD5 #4675D5

triadic

#46BDD5 #D546BD #BDD546

tetradic

#46BDD5 #A546D5 #D55E46 #75D546

square

#46BDD5 #A546D5 #D55E46 #75D546

split-complementary

#46BDD5 #D54675 #D5A546

monochromatic

#1E7283 #299DB5 #46BDD5 #78CFE0 #AAE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#46BDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#46BDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDD5

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDD5	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e2',
    500: '#46bdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdd5;
$custom-light: #8ad1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDD5

secondary

#D9A89E

accent

#5D42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDD5

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

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