#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
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -22.70, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 34.65, 229.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0874 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.114 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9028, 42.9674, 75.5999)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##46BDDE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #46BDDE

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

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