#46B5CC#46B5CC

#46B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5CC
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -24.17, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 31.96, 220.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0863 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.104 214)
XYZ	xyz(29.9442, 38.7062, 63.0080)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5CC #CC5D46

analogous

#46CCA0 #46B5CC #4672CC

triadic

#46B5CC #CC46B5 #B5CC46

tetradic

#46B5CC #A046CC #CC5D46 #72CC46

square

#46B5CC #A046CC #CC5D46 #72CC46

split-complementary

#46B5CC #CC4672 #CCA046

monochromatic

#216877 #2E92A7 #46B5CC #76C8D9 #A6DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#46B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#46B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5CC

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5CC	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbdb',
    500: '#46b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5cc;
$custom-light: #89cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.299,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71926,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.38709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5CC

secondary

#D4A49A

accent

#6248E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5CC

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

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