#46BDDF#46BDDF

#46BDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDDF
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -22.39, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 34.82, 229.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.087 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.115 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0372, 43.0212, 76.3078)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDDF #DF6846

analogous

#46DFB4 #46BDDF #4671DF

triadic

#46BDDF #DF46BD #BDDF46

tetradic

#46BDDF #B446DF #DF6846 #71DF46

square

#46BDDF #B446DF #DF6846 #71DF46

split-complementary

#46BDDF #DF4671 #DFB446

monochromatic

#197791 #22A1C6 #46BDDF #7AD0E8 #AEE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#46BDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#46BDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDDF

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDDF	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e9',
    500: '#46bddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bddf;
$custom-light: #8cd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 70.507,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74586,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDDF

secondary

#DFAFA2

accent

#623BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDDF

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

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