#46A5BC#46A5BC

#46A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.094 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5BC
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -20.84, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 28.99, 224.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.076 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.094 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0543, 31.8406, 52.3927)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5BC #BC5D46

analogous

#46BC98 #46A5BC #466ABC

triadic

#46A5BC #BC46A5 #A5BC46

tetradic

#46A5BC #9846BC #BC5D46 #6ABC46

square

#46A5BC #9846BC #BC5D46 #6ABC46

split-complementary

#46A5BC #BC466A #BC9846

monochromatic

#245764 #347F90 #46A5BC #73BBCC #A0D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#46A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#46A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5BC

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5BC	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.094 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0d0',
    500: '#46a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5bc;
$custom-light: #86c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.695,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6746,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5BC

secondary

#C99F95

accent

#6B51D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5BC

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

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