#46A8B1#46A8B1

#46A8B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.091 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8B1
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 177)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -25.65, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 28.85, 207.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0837 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.091 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4609, 32.4792, 46.5664)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8B1 #B14F46

analogous

#46B184 #46A8B1 #4672B1

triadic

#46A8B1 #B146A8 #A8B146

tetradic

#46A8B1 #8446B1 #B14F46 #72B146

square

#46A8B1 #8446B1 #B14F46 #72B146

split-complementary

#46A8B1 #B14672 #B18446

monochromatic

#235559 #357E85 #46A8B1 #6EBEC6 #9AD2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#46A8B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#46A8B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8B1

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8B1	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B95B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.091 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2c8',
    500: '#46a8b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8b1;
$custom-light: #85c2c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.047,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67759,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8B1

secondary

#C3948F

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8B1

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

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