#46A9BE#46A9BE

#46A9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A9BE
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -22.30, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 29.51, 220.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0794 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.096 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0042, 33.3930, 53.7803)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A9BE #BE5B46

analogous

#46BE97 #46A9BE #466DBE

triadic

#46A9BE #BE46A9 #A9BE46

tetradic

#46A9BE #9746BE #BE5B46 #6DBE46

square

#46A9BE #9746BE #BE5B46 #6DBE46

split-complementary

#46A9BE #BE466D #BE9746

monochromatic

#245A66 #348293 #46A9BE #73BECE #A1D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#46A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#46A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9BE

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A9BE	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d1',
    500: '#46a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a9be;
$custom-light: #86c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68501,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A9BE

secondary

#CA9F95

accent

#6850D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A9BE

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

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