#46B4CD#46B4CD

#46B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.104 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4CD
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -23.35, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 31.99, 223.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0849 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.104 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8619, 38.3491, 63.5741)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4CD #CD5F46

analogous

#46CDA3 #46B4CD #4671CD

triadic

#46B4CD #CD46B4 #B4CD46

tetradic

#46B4CD #A346CD #CD5F46 #71CD46

square

#46B4CD #A346CD #CD5F46 #71CD46

split-complementary

#46B4CD #CD4671 #CDA346

monochromatic

#206878 #2D92A8 #46B4CD #76C8DA #A6DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#46B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4CD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4CD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.104 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cadc',
    500: '#46b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4cd;
$custom-light: #89cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71728,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4CD

secondary

#D4A59B

accent

#6447E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4CD

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

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