#46B4CB#46B4CB

#46B4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.103 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4CB
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -23.96, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 31.77, 221.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0857 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.104 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6221, 38.2532, 62.3108)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4CB #CB5D46

analogous

#46CB9F #46B4CB #4671CB

triadic

#46B4CB #CB46B4 #B4CB46

tetradic

#46B4CB #9F46CB #CB5D46 #71CB46

square

#46B4CB #9F46CB #CB5D46 #71CB46

split-complementary

#46B4CB #CB4671 #CB9F46

monochromatic

#216776 #2E91A5 #46B4CB #76C7D8 #A6DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#46B4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#46B4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4CB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4CB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.103 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cada',
    500: '#46b4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4cb;
$custom-light: #89cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.376,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71648,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4CB

secondary

#D3A49A

accent

#6348DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4CB

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

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