#46B8CB#46B8CB

#46B8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8CB
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -25.98, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 32.22, 216.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0898 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.104 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4412, 39.8915, 62.5839)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8CB #CB5946

analogous

#46CB9B #46B8CB #4675CB

triadic

#46B8CB #CB46B8 #B8CB46

tetradic

#46B8CB #9B46CB #CB5946 #75CB46

square

#46B8CB #9B46CB #CB5946 #75CB46

split-complementary

#46B8CB #CB4675 #CB9B46

monochromatic

#216976 #2E94A5 #46B8CB #76CAD8 #A6DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46B8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#46B8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8CB

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8CB	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdda',
    500: '#46b8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8cb;
$custom-light: #89cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8CB

secondary

#D3A29A

accent

#5E48DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8CB

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

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