#46A4BE#46A4BE

#46A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.095 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A4BE
RGB	rgb(70, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -19.70, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 29.25, 227.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0741 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.095 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0918, 31.5681, 53.4761)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A4BE #BE6046

analogous

#46BE9C #46A4BE #4668BE

triadic

#46A4BE #BE46A4 #A4BE46

tetradic

#46A4BE #9C46BE #BE6046 #68BE46

square

#46A4BE #9C46BE #BE6046 #68BE46

split-complementary

#46A4BE #BE4668 #BE9C46

monochromatic

#245866 #347E93 #46A4BE #73BACE #A1D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#46A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#46A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A4BE

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A4BE	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)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.095 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfd1',
    500: '#46a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a4be;
$custom-light: #86bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67302,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A4BE

secondary

#CAA195

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A4BE

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

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