#46A0BD#46A0BD

#46A0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.095 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A0BD
RGB	rgb(70, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -17.90, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 29.10, 232.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0702 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.095 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2782, 30.1153, 52.6676)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A0BD #BD6346

analogous

#46BD9E #46A0BD #4664BD

triadic

#46A0BD #BD46A0 #A0BD46

tetradic

#46A0BD #9E46BD #BD6346 #64BD46

square

#46A0BD #9E46BD #BD6346 #64BD46

split-complementary

#46A0BD #BD4664 #BD9E46

monochromatic

#245565 #347B92 #46A0BD #73B7CD #A0CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#46A0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#46A0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A0BD

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A0BD	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)

#8F9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.095 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcd1',
    500: '#46a0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a0bd;
$custom-light: #86bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.622,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66305,
    "c": 0.09496,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A0BD

secondary

#CAA295

accent

#7151D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A0BD

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