#46B8CD#46B8CD

#46B8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8CD
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -25.38, -20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 32.34, 218.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.089 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.105 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6811, 39.9875, 63.8472)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8CD #CD5B46

analogous

#46CD9F #46B8CD #4675CD

triadic

#46B8CD #CD46B8 #B8CD46

tetradic

#46B8CD #9F46CD #CD5B46 #75CD46

square

#46B8CD #9F46CD #CD5B46 #75CD46

split-complementary

#46B8CD #CD4675 #CD9F46

monochromatic

#206A78 #2D95A8 #46B8CD #76CADA #A6DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#46B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8CD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8CD	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cddc',
    500: '#46b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8cd;
$custom-light: #89cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8CD

secondary

#D4A49B

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8CD

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

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