#46A5BD#46A5BD

#46A5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.095 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5BD
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -20.53, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 29.12, 225.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0756 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.095 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1625, 31.8839, 52.9624)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5BD #BD5E46

analogous

#46BD99 #46A5BD #4669BD

triadic

#46A5BD #BD46A5 #A5BD46

tetradic

#46A5BD #9946BD #BD5E46 #69BD46

square

#46A5BD #9946BD #BD5E46 #69BD46

split-complementary

#46A5BD #BD4669 #BD9946

monochromatic

#245865 #347F92 #46A5BD #73BBCD #A0D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#46A5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#46A5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5BD

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5BD	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.095 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0d1',
    500: '#46a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5bd;
$custom-light: #86c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.101,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67501,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5BD

secondary

#CAA095

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5BD

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