#46BBC9#46BBC9

#46BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBC9
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -28.06, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 32.66, 210.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0937 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.105 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8342, 41.0564, 61.5467)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBC9 #C95446

analogous

#46C995 #46BBC9 #4679C9

triadic

#46BBC9 #C946BB #BBC946

tetradic

#46BBC9 #9546C9 #C95446 #79C946

square

#46BBC9 #9546C9 #C95446 #79C946

split-complementary

#46BBC9 #C94679 #C99546

monochromatic

#226A73 #2F96A2 #46BBC9 #75CCD7 #A5DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#46BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#46BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBC9

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBC9	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd9',
    500: '#46bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbc9;
$custom-light: #89cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.412,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73243,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBC9

secondary

#D29F99

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBC9

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

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