#46BDD8#46BDD8

#46BDD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDD8
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -24.55, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 33.80, 223.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0897 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.111 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1129, 42.6514, 71.4399)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDD8 #D86146

analogous

#46D8AA #46BDD8 #4674D8

triadic

#46BDD8 #D846BD #BDD846

tetradic

#46BDD8 #AA46D8 #D86146 #74D846

square

#46BDD8 #AA46D8 #D86146 #74D846

split-complementary

#46BDD8 #D84674 #D8AA46

monochromatic

#1C7387 #279FBA #46BDD8 #79CFE3 #ABE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#46BDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#46BDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDD8

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDD8	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1e4',
    500: '#46bdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdd8;
$custom-light: #8bd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.096,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.743,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDD8

secondary

#DBAA9F

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDD8

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

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