#46A4C8#46A4C8

#46A4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.102 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A4C8
RGB	rgb(70, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -16.57, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 31.36, 238.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0703 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.102 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2224, 32.0204, 59.4310)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A4C8 #C86A46

analogous

#46C8AB #46A4C8 #4663C8

triadic

#46A4C8 #C846A4 #A4C846

tetradic

#46A4C8 #AB46C8 #C86A46 #63C846

square

#46A4C8 #AB46C8 #C86A46 #63C846

split-complementary

#46A4C8 #C84663 #C8AB46

monochromatic

#225C72 #3082A1 #46A4C8 #75BBD6 #A4D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#46A4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#46A4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A4C8

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A4C8	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.102 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd8',
    500: '#46a4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a4c8;
$custom-light: #87bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.615,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67727,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A4C8

secondary

#D1A899

accent

#734ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A4C8

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

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