#46A3C5#46A3C5

#46A3C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.100 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A3C5
RGB	rgb(70, 163, 197)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -16.99, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 30.71, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0704 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.1 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6970, 31.5250, 57.5432)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A3C5 #C56846

analogous

#46C5A7 #46A3C5 #4664C5

triadic

#46A3C5 #C546A3 #A3C546

tetradic

#46A3C5 #A746C5 #C56846 #64C546

square

#46A3C5 #A746C5 #C56846 #64C546

split-complementary

#46A3C5 #C54664 #C5A746

monochromatic

#235A6E #31809D #46A3C5 #75BAD4 #A3D1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#46A3C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#46A3C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A3C5

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A3C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A3C5	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 163, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.100 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed6',
    500: '#46a3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a3c5;
$custom-light: #87bed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.063,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6736,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A3C5

secondary

#CFA798

accent

#734CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A3C5

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

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