#46A5C7#46A5C7

#46A5C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.101 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5C7
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 199)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -17.42, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 31.02, 235.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0717 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.101 225)
XYZ	xyz(26.2856, 32.3331, 58.8774)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5C7 #C76846

analogous

#46C7A8 #46A5C7 #4664C7

triadic

#46A5C7 #C746A5 #A5C746

tetradic

#46A5C7 #A846C7 #C76846 #64C746

square

#46A5C7 #A846C7 #C76846 #64C746

split-complementary

#46A5C7 #C74664 #C7A846

monochromatic

#225C71 #3082A0 #46A5C7 #75BCD5 #A4D3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#46A5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#46A5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5C7

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5C7	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.101 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd8',
    500: '#46a5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5c7;
$custom-light: #87bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6792,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.32336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5C7

secondary

#D0A798

accent

#714BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5C7

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

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