#46A0BC#46A0BC

#46A0BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.094 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A0BC
RGB	rgb(70, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -18.21, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 28.90, 230.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0706 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.094 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1701, 30.0721, 52.0979)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A0BC #BC6246

analogous

#46BC9D #46A0BC #4665BC

triadic

#46A0BC #BC46A0 #A0BC46

tetradic

#46A0BC #9D46BC #BC6246 #65BC46

square

#46A0BC #9D46BC #BC6246 #65BC46

split-complementary

#46A0BC #BC4665 #BC9D46

monochromatic

#245464 #347B90 #46A0BC #73B7CC #A0CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#46A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#46A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A0BC

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A0BC	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.094 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcd0',
    500: '#46a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a0bc;
$custom-light: #85bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66262,
    "c": 0.09429,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A0BC

secondary

#C9A195

accent

#7151D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A0BC

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

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