#46B9CE#46B9CE

#46B9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9CE
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -25.57, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 32.53, 218.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0896 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.106 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0107, 40.4528, 64.5544)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9CE #CE5B46

analogous

#46CE9F #46B9CE #4675CE

triadic

#46B9CE #CE46B9 #B9CE46

tetradic

#46B9CE #9F46CE #CE5B46 #75CE46

square

#46B9CE #9F46CE #CE5B46 #75CE46

split-complementary

#46B9CE #CE4675 #CE9F46

monochromatic

#206C79 #2D97AA #46B9CE #76CBDB #A7DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46B9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#46B9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9CE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9CE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cedd',
    500: '#46b9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9ce;
$custom-light: #89cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72957,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9CE

secondary

#D5A49B

accent

#5E46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9CE

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

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