#46BAC9#46BAC9

#46BAC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAC9
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -27.57, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 32.47, 211.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0927 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.104 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6228, 40.6336, 61.4762)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAC9 #C95546

analogous

#46C996 #46BAC9 #4678C9

triadic

#46BAC9 #C946BA #BAC946

tetradic

#46BAC9 #9646C9 #C95546 #78C946

square

#46BAC9 #9646C9 #C95546 #78C946

split-complementary

#46BAC9 #C94678 #C99646

monochromatic

#226A73 #2F95A2 #46BAC9 #75CCD7 #A5DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46BAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#46BAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAC9

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAC9	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd9',
    500: '#46bac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bac9;
$custom-light: #89cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73004,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAC9

secondary

#D2A099

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAC9

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

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