#46A5CE#46A5CE

#46A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.107 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5CE
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -15.19, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 32.86, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0691 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.107 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1171, 32.6657, 63.2565)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5CE #CE6F46

analogous

#46CEB3 #46A5CE #4661CE

triadic

#46A5CE #CE46A5 #A5CE46

tetradic

#46A5CE #B346CE #CE6F46 #61CE46

square

#46A5CE #B346CE #CE6F46 #61CE46

split-complementary

#46A5CE #CE4661 #CEB346

monochromatic

#205F79 #2D84AA #46A5CE #76BDDB #A7D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#46A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#46A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5CE

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5CE	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.107 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfdd',
    500: '#46a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5ce;
$custom-light: #88bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68227,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5CE

secondary

#D5AC9B

accent

#7546E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5CE

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

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