#46A4BD#46A4BD

#46A4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.095 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A4BD
RGB	rgb(70, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -20.01, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 29.09, 226.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0745 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.095 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9828, 31.5245, 52.9025)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A4BD #BD5F46

analogous

#46BD9A #46A4BD #4668BD

triadic

#46A4BD #BD46A4 #A4BD46

tetradic

#46A4BD #9A46BD #BD5F46 #68BD46

square

#46A4BD #9A46BD #BD5F46 #68BD46

split-complementary

#46A4BD #BD4668 #BD9A46

monochromatic

#245765 #347E92 #46A4BD #73BACD #A0D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#46A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#46A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A4BD

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A4BD	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)

#94A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.095 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfd1',
    500: '#46a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a4bd;
$custom-light: #86bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.605,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67261,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A4BD

secondary

#CAA095

accent

#6D51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A4BD

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

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