#46B9C7#46B9C7

#46B9C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9C7
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 199)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -27.66, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 32.27, 211.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0925 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.103 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1792, 40.1202, 60.1752)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9C7 #C75446

analogous

#46C795 #46B9C7 #4678C7

triadic

#46B9C7 #C746B9 #B9C746

tetradic

#46B9C7 #9546C7 #C75446 #78C746

square

#46B9C7 #9546C7 #C75446 #78C746

split-complementary

#46B9C7 #C74678 #C79546

monochromatic

#226871 #3093A0 #46B9C7 #75CBD5 #A4DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46B9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#46B9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9C7

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9C7	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ced8',
    500: '#46b9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9c7;
$custom-light: #89ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.512,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72689,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9C7

secondary

#D09F98

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9C7

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

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