#46A0BA#46A0BA
#46A0BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.093 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #46A0BA |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(70, 160, 186) |
| HSL | hsl(193, 46%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(193, 62%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(62.4%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.64, -18.83, -21.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(61.64, 28.52, 228.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.18% -0.0714 -0.0596) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.18% 0.093 219.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.9560, 29.9864, 50.9703) |
| Luminance | 0.2999 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Greyblue
#77A1B5
ΔE00 6.83
Turquoise Blue
#06B1C4
ΔE00 7.10
Cadetblue
#5F9EA0
ΔE00 8.74
Teal Blue
#01889F
ΔE00 9.14
Bluegrey
#85A3B2
ΔE00 9.65
Dirty Blue
#3F829D
ΔE00 10.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#46A0BA #BA6046
analogous
#46BA9A #46A0BA #4666BA
triadic
#46A0BA #BA46A0 #A0BA46
tetradic
#46A0BA #9A46BA #BA6046 #66BA46
square
#46A0BA #9A46BA #BA6046 #66BA46
split-complementary
#46A0BA #BA4666 #BA9A46
monochromatic
#245461 #357A8E #46A0BA #73B7CB #9FCEDB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.00
#46A0BA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
7.00
#46A0BA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #46A0BA
7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##46A0BA | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##46A0BA | 1.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#909CBB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F90BA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #46a0ba; /* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 186); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.093 219.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#85bcce',
500: '#46a0ba',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #46a0ba; $custom-light: #85bcce; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#46a0ba",
"rgb": {
"r": 70,
"g": 160,
"b": 186
},
"hsl": {
"h": 193.448,
"s": 45.669,
"l": 50.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66179,
"c": 0.09301,
"h": 219.9
},
"luminance": 0.29989
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#46A0BA
secondary
#C8A094
accent
#7052D5
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#F0F6F9
border
#CBD0D2
text
#0C1213
muted
#7D8182