#46BCD1#46BCD1

#46BCD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCD1
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -26.17, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 33.08, 217.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0915 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.107 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0128, 41.8684, 66.7035)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCD1 #D15B46

analogous

#46D1A1 #46BCD1 #4676D1

triadic

#46BCD1 #D146BC #BCD146

tetradic

#46BCD1 #A146D1 #D15B46 #76D146

square

#46BCD1 #A146D1 #D15B46 #76D146

split-complementary

#46BCD1 #D14676 #D1A146

monochromatic

#1F6F7D #2B9BAE #46BCD1 #77CEDD #A8E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#46BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#46BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCD1

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCD1	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0df',
    500: '#46bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcd1;
$custom-light: #8ad0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.065,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73787,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCD1

secondary

#D7A59C

accent

#5C44E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCD1

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

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