#46A5CD#46A5CD

#46A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.106 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5CD
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -15.51, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 32.58, 241.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0695 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.106 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9960, 32.6173, 62.6188)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5CD #CD6E46

analogous

#46CDB2 #46A5CD #4662CD

triadic

#46A5CD #CD46A5 #A5CD46

tetradic

#46A5CD #B246CD #CD6E46 #62CD46

square

#46A5CD #B246CD #CD6E46 #62CD46

split-complementary

#46A5CD #CD4662 #CDB246

monochromatic

#205E78 #2D84A8 #46A5CD #76BCDA #A6D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#46A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#46A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5CD

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5CD	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.106 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfdc',
    500: '#46a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5cd;
$custom-light: #88bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68183,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5CD

secondary

#D4AC9B

accent

#7547E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5CD

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

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