#46B6CB#46B6CB

#46B6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6CB
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -24.97, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 31.97, 218.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0878 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.104 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0287, 39.0665, 62.4464)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6CB #CB5B46

analogous

#46CB9D #46B6CB #4673CB

triadic

#46B6CB #CB46B6 #B6CB46

tetradic

#46B6CB #9D46CB #CB5B46 #73CB46

square

#46B6CB #9D46CB #CB5B46 #73CB46

split-complementary

#46B6CB #CB4673 #CB9D46

monochromatic

#216876 #2E93A5 #46B6CB #76C9D8 #A6DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#46B6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#46B6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6CB

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6CB	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccda',
    500: '#46b6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6cb;
$custom-light: #89ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6CB

secondary

#D3A39A

accent

#6048DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6CB

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

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