#46A5CA#46A5CA

#46A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.104 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5CA
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -16.47, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 31.76, 238.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0706 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.104 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6373, 32.4738, 60.7299)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5CA #CA6B46

analogous

#46CAAD #46A5CA #4663CA

triadic

#46A5CA #CA46A5 #A5CA46

tetradic

#46A5CA #AD46CA #CA6B46 #63CA46

square

#46A5CA #AD46CA #CA6B46 #63CA46

split-complementary

#46A5CA #CA4663 #CAAD46

monochromatic

#215D74 #2F83A4 #46A5CA #76BCD8 #A5D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#46A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#46A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5CA

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5CA	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.104 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfda',
    500: '#46a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5ca;
$custom-light: #87bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6805,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5CA

secondary

#D2A99A

accent

#7349DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5CA

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

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