#46A3C8#46A3C8

#46A3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.103 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A3C8
RGB	rgb(70, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -16.03, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 31.47, 239.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0693 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.103 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0442, 31.6639, 59.3716)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A3C8 #C86B46

analogous

#46C8AC #46A3C8 #4662C8

triadic

#46A3C8 #C846A3 #A3C846

tetradic

#46A3C8 #AC46C8 #C86B46 #62C846

square

#46A3C8 #AC46C8 #C86B46 #62C846

split-complementary

#46A3C8 #C84662 #C8AC46

monochromatic

#225B72 #3081A1 #46A3C8 #75BAD6 #A4D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#46A3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#46A3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A3C8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A3C8	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.103 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed8',
    500: '#46a3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a3c8;
$custom-light: #87bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67491,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A3C8

secondary

#D1A999

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A3C8

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

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