#46B9CF#46B9CF

#46B9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9CF
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -25.27, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 32.60, 219.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0892 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.106 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1325, 40.5016, 65.1962)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9CF #CF5C46

analogous

#46CFA1 #46B9CF #4675CF

triadic

#46B9CF #CF46B9 #B9CF46

tetradic

#46B9CF #A146CF #CF5C46 #75CF46

square

#46B9CF #A146CF #CF5C46 #75CF46

split-complementary

#46B9CF #CF4675 #CFA146

monochromatic

#206C7B #2C97AB #46B9CF #77CBDC #A7DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46B9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#46B9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9CF

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9CF	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cedd',
    500: '#46b9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9cf;
$custom-light: #89cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72996,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9CF

secondary

#D5A59B

accent

#5F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9CF

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

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