#46A9BC#46A9BC

#46A9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.095 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A9BC
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -22.90, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 29.33, 218.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0802 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.095 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7871, 33.3062, 52.6369)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A9BC #BC5946

analogous

#46BC94 #46A9BC #466EBC

triadic

#46A9BC #BC46A9 #A9BC46

tetradic

#46A9BC #9446BC #BC5946 #6EBC46

square

#46A9BC #9446BC #BC5946 #6EBC46

split-complementary

#46A9BC #BC466E #BC9446

monochromatic

#245964 #348290 #46A9BC #73BECC #A0D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#46A9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#46A9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9BC

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A9BC	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.095 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d0',
    500: '#46a9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a9bc;
$custom-light: #86c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.661,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68422,
    "c": 0.095,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A9BC

secondary

#C99D95

accent

#6751D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A9BC

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

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