#46A5B2#46A5B2

#46A5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.090 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5B2
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 178)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -23.84, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 28.21, 212.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0801 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.09 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0135, 31.4242, 46.9108)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5B2 #B25346

analogous

#46B289 #46A5B2 #466FB2

triadic

#46A5B2 #B246A5 #A5B246

tetradic

#46A5B2 #8946B2 #B25346 #6FB246

square

#46A5B2 #8946B2 #B25346 #6FB246

split-complementary

#46A5B2 #B2466F #B28946

monochromatic

#23545A #357C86 #46A5B2 #6FBCC6 #9BD0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#46A5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#46A5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5B2

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5B2	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.090 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0c9',
    500: '#46a5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5b2;
$custom-light: #85c0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.222,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67067,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5B2

secondary

#C49690

accent

#6455D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5B2

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

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