#46A8CD#46A8CD

#46A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.105 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8CD
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -17.11, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 32.21, 237.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0726 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.105 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5435, 33.7122, 62.8013)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8CD #CD6B46

analogous

#46CDAE #46A8CD #4665CD

triadic

#46A8CD #CD46A8 #A8CD46

tetradic

#46A8CD #AE46CD #CD6B46 #65CD46

square

#46A8CD #AE46CD #CD6B46 #65CD46

split-complementary

#46A8CD #CD4665 #CDAE46

monochromatic

#206078 #2D87A8 #46A8CD #76BFDA #A6D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#46A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#46A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8CD

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8CD	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.105 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2dc',
    500: '#46a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8cd;
$custom-light: #88c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68889,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8CD

secondary

#D4AA9B

accent

#7147E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8CD

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

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