#46B9CD#46B9CD

#46B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9CD
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -25.88, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 32.46, 217.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.09 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.105 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8896, 40.4044, 63.9167)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9CD #CD5A46

analogous

#46CD9E #46B9CD #4676CD

triadic

#46B9CD #CD46B9 #B9CD46

tetradic

#46B9CD #9E46CD #CD5A46 #76CD46

square

#46B9CD #9E46CD #CD5A46 #76CD46

split-complementary

#46B9CD #CD4676 #CD9E46

monochromatic

#206B78 #2D96A8 #46B9CD #76CBDA #A6DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#46B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9CD

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9CD	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cedc',
    500: '#46b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9cd;
$custom-light: #89cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9CD

secondary

#D4A39B

accent

#5E47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9CD

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

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