#46BCD0#46BCD0

#46BCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCD0
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -26.47, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 33.02, 216.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0919 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.107 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8894, 41.8191, 66.0535)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCD0 #D05A46

analogous

#46D09F #46BCD0 #4677D0

triadic

#46BCD0 #D046BC #BCD046

tetradic

#46BCD0 #9F46D0 #D05A46 #77D046

square

#46BCD0 #9F46D0 #D05A46 #77D046

split-complementary

#46BCD0 #D04677 #D09F46

monochromatic

#206F7C #2C9AAD #46BCD0 #77CEDC #A8DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#46BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#46BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCD0

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCD0	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0de',
    500: '#46bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcd0;
$custom-light: #8ad0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.696,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73748,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCD0

secondary

#D6A49C

accent

#5C45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCD0

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

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