#46A0C8#46A0C8

#46A0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.103 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A0C8
RGB	rgb(70, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -14.42, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 31.89, 243.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0661 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.103 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5178, 30.6112, 59.1961)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A0C8 #C86E46

analogous

#46C8AF #46A0C8 #465FC8

triadic

#46A0C8 #C846A0 #A0C846

tetradic

#46A0C8 #AF46C8 #C86E46 #5FC846

square

#46A0C8 #AF46C8 #C86E46 #5FC846

split-complementary

#46A0C8 #C8465F #C8AF46

monochromatic

#225972 #307EA1 #46A0C8 #75B8D6 #A4D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#46A0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#46A0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A0C8

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A0C8	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.103 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcd8',
    500: '#46a0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a0c8;
$custom-light: #87bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66784,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A0C8

secondary

#D1AA99

accent

#784ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A0C8

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

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