#46BDD9#46BDD9

#46BDD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDD9
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -24.24, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 33.92, 224.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0893 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.111 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2426, 42.7033, 72.1228)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDD9 #D96246

analogous

#46D9AC #46BDD9 #4674D9

triadic

#46BDD9 #D946BD #BDD946

tetradic

#46BDD9 #AC46D9 #D96246 #74D946

square

#46BDD9 #AC46D9 #D96246 #74D946

split-complementary

#46BDD9 #D94674 #D9AC46

monochromatic

#1C7489 #269FBB #46BDD9 #79CFE3 #ACE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#46BDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#46BDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDD9

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDD9	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1e4',
    500: '#46bdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdd9;
$custom-light: #8bd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7434,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDD9

secondary

#DCAB9F

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDD9

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

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