#46B9C5#46B9C5

#46B9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9C5
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -28.25, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 32.28, 208.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0933 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.103 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9485, 40.0280, 58.9603)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9C5 #C55246

analogous

#46C591 #46B9C5 #467AC5

triadic

#46B9C5 #C546B9 #B9C546

tetradic

#46B9C5 #9146C5 #C55246 #7AC546

square

#46B9C5 #9146C5 #C55246 #7AC546

split-complementary

#46B9C5 #C5467A #C59146

monochromatic

#23676E #31939D #46B9C5 #75CBD4 #A3DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46B9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#46B9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9C5

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9C5	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ced6',
    500: '#46b9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9c5;
$custom-light: #88ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9C5

secondary

#CF9D98

accent

#5A4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9C5

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

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