#46A5BB#46A5BB

#46A5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.094 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5BB
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -21.14, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 28.86, 222.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0764 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.094 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9469, 31.7976, 51.8269)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5BB #BB5C46

analogous

#46BB96 #46A5BB #466ABB

triadic

#46A5BB #BB46A5 #A5BB46

tetradic

#46A5BB #9646BB #BB5C46 #6ABB46

square

#46A5BB #9646BB #BB5C46 #6ABB46

split-complementary

#46A5BB #BB466A #BB9646

monochromatic

#245762 #357E8F #46A5BB #73BBCB #A0D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#46A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#46A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5BB

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5BB	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.094 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0cf',
    500: '#46a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5bb;
$custom-light: #86c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.282,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6742,
    "c": 0.09387,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5BB

secondary

#C89E94

accent

#6B52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5BB

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

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