#46A8CB#46A8CB

#46A8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8CB
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -17.75, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 31.72, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0733 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.104 225)
XYZ	xyz(27.3036, 33.6162, 61.5380)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8CB #CB6946

analogous

#46CBAB #46A8CB #4665CB

triadic

#46A8CB #CB46A8 #A8CB46

tetradic

#46A8CB #AB46CB #CB6946 #65CB46

square

#46A8CB #AB46CB #CB6946 #65CB46

split-complementary

#46A8CB #CB4665 #CBAB46

monochromatic

#215F76 #2E86A5 #46A8CB #76BED8 #A6D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#46A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#46A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8CB

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8CB	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2db',
    500: '#46a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8cb;
$custom-light: #88c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68802,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.33619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8CB

secondary

#D3A99A

accent

#7048DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8CB

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

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