#46BEC5#46BEC5

#46BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BEC5
RGB	rgb(70, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -30.69, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 33.48, 203.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0985 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.105 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0129, 42.1568, 59.3151)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BEC5 #C54D46

analogous

#46C58C #46BEC5 #467FC5

triadic

#46BEC5 #C546BE #BEC546

tetradic

#46BEC5 #8C46C5 #C54D46 #7FC546

square

#46BEC5 #8C46C5 #C54D46 #7FC546

split-complementary

#46BEC5 #C5467F #C58C46

monochromatic

#236A6E #31979D #46BEC5 #75CED4 #A3DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#46BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#46BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BEC5

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BEC5	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)

#B1B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d6',
    500: '#46bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bec5;
$custom-light: #89d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.307,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73817,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BEC5

secondary

#CF9B98

accent

#544CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BEC5

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

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