#46B4CA#46B4CA

#46B4CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.103 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4CA
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -24.27, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 31.68, 220.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0861 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.103 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5033, 38.2057, 61.6852)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4CA #CA5C46

analogous

#46CA9E #46B4CA #4672CA

triadic

#46B4CA #CA46B4 #B4CA46

tetradic

#46B4CA #9E46CA #CA5C46 #72CA46

square

#46B4CA #9E46CA #CA5C46 #72CA46

split-complementary

#46B4CA #CA4672 #CA9E46

monochromatic

#216674 #2F90A4 #46B4CA #76C7D8 #A5DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#46B4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#46B4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4CA

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4CA	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.103 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cada',
    500: '#46b4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4ca;
$custom-light: #89cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71609,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4CA

secondary

#D2A39A

accent

#6249DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4CA

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

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