#46A5BF#46A5BF

#46A5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.096 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5BF
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -19.91, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 29.43, 227.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0748 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.096 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3811, 31.9713, 54.1136)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5BF #BF6046

analogous

#46BF9C #46A5BF #4668BF

triadic

#46A5BF #BF46A5 #A5BF46

tetradic

#46A5BF #9C46BF #BF6046 #68BF46

square

#46A5BF #9C46BF #BF6046 #68BF46

split-complementary

#46A5BF #BF4668 #BF9C46

monochromatic

#245967 #338094 #46A5BF #73BBCF #A1D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#46A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#46A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5BF

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5BF	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)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8394BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.096 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfd2',
    500: '#46a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5bf;
$custom-light: #86bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.893,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67583,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5BF

secondary

#CBA196

accent

#6D50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5BF

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