#46B9CA#46B9CA

#46B9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9CA
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -26.77, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 32.33, 214.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0912 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.104 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5309, 40.2609, 62.0278)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9CA #CA5746

analogous

#46CA99 #46B9CA #4677CA

triadic

#46B9CA #CA46B9 #B9CA46

tetradic

#46B9CA #9946CA #CA5746 #77CA46

square

#46B9CA #9946CA #CA5746 #77CA46

split-complementary

#46B9CA #CA4677 #CA9946

monochromatic

#216A74 #2F95A4 #46B9CA #76CBD8 #A5DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#46B9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#46B9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9CA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9CA	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ceda',
    500: '#46b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9ca;
$custom-light: #89ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9CA

secondary

#D2A19A

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9CA

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

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