#46A5C8#46A5C8

#46A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.102 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5C8
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -17.10, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 31.26, 236.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0713 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.102 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4021, 32.3797, 59.4909)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5C8 #C86946

analogous

#46C8AA #46A5C8 #4664C8

triadic

#46A5C8 #C846A5 #A5C846

tetradic

#46A5C8 #AA46C8 #C86946 #64C846

square

#46A5C8 #AA46C8 #C86946 #64C846

split-complementary

#46A5C8 #C84664 #C8AA46

monochromatic

#225C72 #3082A1 #46A5C8 #75BCD6 #A4D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#46A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#46A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5C8

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5C8	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.102 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd8',
    500: '#46a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5c8;
$custom-light: #87bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67963,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5C8

secondary

#D1A899

accent

#724ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5C8

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

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