#46A3BE#46A3BE

#46A3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.095 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A3BE
RGB	rgb(70, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -19.17, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 29.24, 229.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.073 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.095 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9135, 31.2116, 53.4167)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A3BE #BE6146

analogous

#46BE9D #46A3BE #4667BE

triadic

#46A3BE #BE46A3 #A3BE46

tetradic

#46A3BE #9D46BE #BE6146 #67BE46

square

#46A3BE #9D46BE #BE6146 #67BE46

split-complementary

#46A3BE #BE4667 #BE9D46

monochromatic

#245766 #347E93 #46A3BE #73BACE #A1D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#46A3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#46A3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A3BE

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A3BE	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.095 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bed1',
    500: '#46a3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a3be;
$custom-light: #86bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67063,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A3BE

secondary

#CAA195

accent

#6F50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A3BE

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

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