#46A5BE#46A5BE

#46A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.095 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5BE
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -20.22, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 29.27, 226.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0752 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.095 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2714, 31.9274, 53.5360)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5BE #BE5F46

analogous

#46BE9B #46A5BE #4669BE

triadic

#46A5BE #BE46A5 #A5BE46

tetradic

#46A5BE #9B46BE #BE5F46 #69BE46

square

#46A5BE #9B46BE #BE5F46 #69BE46

split-complementary

#46A5BE #BE4669 #BE9B46

monochromatic

#245866 #347F93 #46A5BE #73BBCE #A1D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#46A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#46A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5BE

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5BE	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.095 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0d1',
    500: '#46a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5be;
$custom-light: #86c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67542,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5BE

secondary

#CAA095

accent

#6C50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5BE

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

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