#46B5CD#46B5CD

#46B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.105 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5CD
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -23.86, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 32.06, 221.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0859 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.105 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0645, 38.7543, 63.6416)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5CD #CD5E46

analogous

#46CDA2 #46B5CD #4672CD

triadic

#46B5CD #CD46B5 #B5CD46

tetradic

#46B5CD #A246CD #CD5E46 #72CD46

square

#46B5CD #A246CD #CD5E46 #72CD46

split-complementary

#46B5CD #CD4672 #CDA246

monochromatic

#206978 #2D92A8 #46B5CD #76C8DA #A6DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#46B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#46B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5CD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5CD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.105 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbdc',
    500: '#46b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5cd;
$custom-light: #89cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71966,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5CD

secondary

#D4A59B

accent

#6247E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5CD

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

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