#46BDC5#46BDC5

#46BDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDC5
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -30.20, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 33.22, 204.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0974 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.105 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7971, 41.7251, 59.2432)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDC5 #C54E46

analogous

#46C58E #46BDC5 #467DC5

triadic

#46BDC5 #C546BD #BDC546

tetradic

#46BDC5 #8E46C5 #C54E46 #7DC546

square

#46BDC5 #8E46C5 #C54E46 #7DC546

split-complementary

#46BDC5 #C5467D #C58E46

monochromatic

#23696E #31969D #46BDC5 #75CED4 #A3DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#46BDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#46BDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDC5

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDC5	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1d6',
    500: '#46bdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdc5;
$custom-light: #89d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.78,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73576,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDC5

secondary

#CF9B98

accent

#554CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDC5

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

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