#46A8BC#46A8BC

#46A8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.095 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8BC
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -22.39, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 29.22, 220.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0792 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.095 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6018, 32.9355, 52.5751)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8BC #BC5A46

analogous

#46BC95 #46A8BC #466DBC

triadic

#46A8BC #BC46A8 #A8BC46

tetradic

#46A8BC #9546BC #BC5A46 #6DBC46

square

#46A8BC #9546BC #BC5A46 #6DBC46

split-complementary

#46A8BC #BC466D #BC9546

monochromatic

#245964 #348190 #46A8BC #73BDCC #A0D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#46A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#46A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8BC

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8BC	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.095 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d0',
    500: '#46a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8bc;
$custom-light: #86c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68181,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8BC

secondary

#C99E95

accent

#6851D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8BC

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

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