#46BDCE#46BDCE

#46BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDCE
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -27.56, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 33.09, 213.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0937 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.107 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8592, 42.1500, 64.8373)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDCE #CE5746

analogous

#46CE9B #46BDCE #4679CE

triadic

#46BDCE #CE46BD #BDCE46

tetradic

#46BDCE #9B46CE #CE5746 #79CE46

square

#46BDCE #9B46CE #CE5746 #79CE46

split-complementary

#46BDCE #CE4679 #CE9B46

monochromatic

#206E79 #2D9AAA #46BDCE #76CEDB #A7E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#46BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#46BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDCE

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDCE	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1dd',
    500: '#46bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdce;
$custom-light: #8ad1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDCE

secondary

#D5A29B

accent

#5A46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDCE

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

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