#46BCC8#46BCC8

#46BCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCC8
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -28.84, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 32.87, 208.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0951 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.105 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9299, 41.4353, 61.0001)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCC8 #C85246

analogous

#46C893 #46BCC8 #467BC8

triadic

#46BCC8 #C846BC #BCC846

tetradic

#46BCC8 #9346C8 #C85246 #7BC846

square

#46BCC8 #9346C8 #C85246 #7BC846

split-complementary

#46BCC8 #C8467B #C89346

monochromatic

#226A72 #3097A1 #46BCC8 #75CDD6 #A4DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#46BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#46BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCC8

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCC8	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d8',
    500: '#46bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcc8;
$custom-light: #89d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73446,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCC8

secondary

#D19E99

accent

#584ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCC8

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

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