#46A5BA#46A5BA

#46A5BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.093 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5BA
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -21.44, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 28.75, 221.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0768 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.093 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8402, 31.7549, 51.2651)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5BA #BA5B46

analogous

#46BA95 #46A5BA #466BBA

triadic

#46A5BA #BA46A5 #A5BA46

tetradic

#46A5BA #9546BA #BA5B46 #6BBA46

square

#46A5BA #9546BA #BA5B46 #6BBA46

split-complementary

#46A5BA #BA466B #BA9546

monochromatic

#245661 #357E8E #46A5BA #73BBCB #9FD0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#46A5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#46A5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5BA

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5BA	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.093 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0ce',
    500: '#46a5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5ba;
$custom-light: #86c0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.862,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6738,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5BA

secondary

#C89D94

accent

#6A52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5BA

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

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