#46A0BE#46A0BE

#46A0BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.096 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A0BE
RGB	rgb(70, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -17.59, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 29.31, 233.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0698 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.096 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3871, 30.1589, 53.2412)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A0BE #BE6446

analogous

#46BEA0 #46A0BE #4664BE

triadic

#46A0BE #BE46A0 #A0BE46

tetradic

#46A0BE #A046BE #BE6446 #64BE46

square

#46A0BE #A046BE #BE6446 #64BE46

split-complementary

#46A0BE #BE4664 #BEA046

monochromatic

#245566 #347B93 #46A0BE #73B7CE #A1CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#46A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#46A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A0BE

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A0BE	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.096 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcd1',
    500: '#46a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a0be;
$custom-light: #86bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66347,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A0BE

secondary

#CAA395

accent

#7250D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A0BE

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

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