#46A8BD#46A8BD

#46A8BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.095 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8BD
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -22.08, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 29.32, 221.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0788 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.095 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7100, 32.9788, 53.1448)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8BD #BD5B46

analogous

#46BD96 #46A8BD #466CBD

triadic

#46A8BD #BD46A8 #A8BD46

tetradic

#46A8BD #9646BD #BD5B46 #6CBD46

square

#46A8BD #9646BD #BD5B46 #6CBD46

split-complementary

#46A8BD #BD466C #BD9646

monochromatic

#245965 #348192 #46A8BD #73BDCD #A0D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#46A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#46A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8BD

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8BD	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.095 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d1',
    500: '#46a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8bd;
$custom-light: #86c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68221,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8BD

secondary

#CA9E95

accent

#6851D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8BD

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