#46BDDE#46BDDE

#46BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46BDDE
RGBrgb(70, 189, 222)
HSLhsl(193, 70%, 57%)
HSVhsv(193, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.53, -22.70, -26.18)
CIE-LCHlch(71.53, 34.65, 229.07°)
OKLaboklab(74.54% -0.0874 -0.073)
OKLCHoklch(74.54% 0.114 219.9)
XYZxyz(33.9028, 42.9674, 75.5999)
Luminance0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46BDDE #DE6746
analogous
#46DEB3 #46BDDE #4671DE
triadic
#46BDDE #DE46BD #BDDE46
tetradic
#46BDDE #B346DE #DE6746 #71DE46
square
#46BDDE #B346DE #DE6746 #71DE46
split-complementary
#46BDDE #DE4671 #DEB346
monochromatic
#1A7690 #23A1C4 #46BDDE #7AD0E7 #AEE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#46BDDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59
#46BDDE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDDE
9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46BDDE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46BDDE1.002.199.599.59
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5921.001.001.00
##0000009.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9B8E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93A8DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 219.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e8',
    500: '#46bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46bdde;
$custom-light: #8cd1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.026,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74544,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46BDDE
secondary
#DFAEA1
accent
#623BED
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FC
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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