#46B9CC#46B9CC

#46B9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9CC
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -26.18, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 32.41, 216.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0904 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.105 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7692, 40.3563, 63.2830)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9CC #CC5946

analogous

#46CC9C #46B9CC #4676CC

triadic

#46B9CC #CC46B9 #B9CC46

tetradic

#46B9CC #9C46CC #CC5946 #76CC46

square

#46B9CC #9C46CC #CC5946 #76CC46

split-complementary

#46B9CC #CC4676 #CC9C46

monochromatic

#216B77 #2E96A7 #46B9CC #76CBD9 #A6DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46B9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#46B9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9CC

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9CC	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cedb',
    500: '#46b9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9cc;
$custom-light: #89cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.507,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9CC

secondary

#D4A29A

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9CC

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

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