#46BDC8#46BDC8

#46BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDC8
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -29.33, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 33.09, 207.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0962 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.105 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1442, 41.8640, 61.0716)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDC8 #C85146

analogous

#46C892 #46BDC8 #467CC8

triadic

#46BDC8 #C846BD #BDC846

tetradic

#46BDC8 #9246C8 #C85146 #7CC846

square

#46BDC8 #9246C8 #C85146 #7CC846

split-complementary

#46BDC8 #C8467C #C89246

monochromatic

#226B72 #3097A1 #46BDC8 #75CED6 #A4DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#46BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#46BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDC8

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDC8	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)

#AFB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1d8',
    500: '#46bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdc8;
$custom-light: #89d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.077,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73686,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDC8

secondary

#D19E99

accent

#574ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDC8

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

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