#46A0BB#46A0BB

#46A0BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.094 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A0BB
RGB	rgb(70, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -18.52, -21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 28.70, 229.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.071 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.094 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0626, 30.0291, 51.5321)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A0BB #BB6146

analogous

#46BB9B #46A0BB #4665BB

triadic

#46A0BB #BB46A0 #A0BB46

tetradic

#46A0BB #9B46BB #BB6146 #65BB46

square

#46A0BB #9B46BB #BB6146 #65BB46

split-complementary

#46A0BB #BB4665 #BB9B46

monochromatic

#245462 #357A8F #46A0BB #73B7CB #A0CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#46A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#46A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A0BB

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A0BB	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.094 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bccf',
    500: '#46a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a0bb;
$custom-light: #85bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6622,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A0BB

secondary

#C8A094

accent

#7052D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A0BB

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

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