#46A5CB#46A5CB

#46A5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.104 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5CB
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -16.15, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 32.03, 239.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0702 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.104 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7561, 32.5213, 61.3555)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5CB #CB6C46

analogous

#46CBAE #46A5CB #4662CB

triadic

#46A5CB #CB46A5 #A5CB46

tetradic

#46A5CB #AE46CB #CB6C46 #62CB46

square

#46A5CB #AE46CB #CB6C46 #62CB46

split-complementary

#46A5CB #CB4662 #CBAE46

monochromatic

#215D76 #2E83A5 #46A5CB #76BCD8 #A6D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#46A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#46A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5CB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5CB	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)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.104 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfdb',
    500: '#46a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5cb;
$custom-light: #88bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68094,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5CB

secondary

#D3AA9A

accent

#7448DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5CB

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

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