#46BEC9#46BEC9

#46BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BEC9
RGB	rgb(70, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -29.53, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 33.29, 207.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0968 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.106 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4773, 42.3426, 61.7610)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BEC9 #C95146

analogous

#46C992 #46BEC9 #467CC9

triadic

#46BEC9 #C946BE #BEC946

tetradic

#46BEC9 #9246C9 #C95146 #7CC946

square

#46BEC9 #9246C9 #C95146 #7CC946

split-complementary

#46BEC9 #C9467C #C99246

monochromatic

#226C73 #2F99A2 #46BEC9 #75CFD7 #A5DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#46BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#46BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BEC9

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BEC9	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d9',
    500: '#46bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bec9;
$custom-light: #89d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73962,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BEC9

secondary

#D29E99

accent

#564ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BEC9

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

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