#46A8BE#46A8BE

#46A8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.096 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8BE
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -21.78, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 29.43, 222.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0784 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.096 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8189, 33.0223, 53.7185)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8BE #BE5C46

analogous

#46BE98 #46A8BE #466CBE

triadic

#46A8BE #BE46A8 #A8BE46

tetradic

#46A8BE #9846BE #BE5C46 #6CBE46

square

#46A8BE #9846BE #BE5C46 #6CBE46

split-complementary

#46A8BE #BE466C #BE9846

monochromatic

#245A66 #348293 #46A8BE #73BDCE #A1D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#46A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#46A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8BE

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8BE	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.096 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d1',
    500: '#46a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8be;
$custom-light: #86c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68261,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8BE

secondary

#CA9F95

accent

#6950D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8BE

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

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