#46A8B2#46A8B2

#46A8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8B2
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -25.36, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 28.83, 208.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0833 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.092 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5609, 32.5192, 47.0933)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8B2 #B25046

analogous

#46B286 #46A8B2 #4672B2

triadic

#46A8B2 #B246A8 #A8B246

tetradic

#46A8B2 #8646B2 #B25046 #72B246

square

#46A8B2 #8646B2 #B25046 #72B246

split-complementary

#46A8B2 #B24672 #B28646

monochromatic

#23555A #357F86 #46A8B2 #6FBEC6 #9BD2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#46A8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#46A8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8B2

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8B2	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)

#9CA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B95B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2c9',
    500: '#46a8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8b2;
$custom-light: #85c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.556,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67796,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8B2

secondary

#C49590

accent

#6055D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8B2

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

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