#46A8B3#46A8B3

#46A8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8B3
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 179)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -25.07, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 28.82, 209.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0829 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.092 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6617, 32.5595, 47.6240)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8B3 #B35146

analogous

#46B388 #46A8B3 #4672B3

triadic

#46A8B3 #B346A8 #A8B346

tetradic

#46A8B3 #8846B3 #B35146 #72B346

square

#46A8B3 #8846B3 #B35146 #72B346

split-complementary

#46A8B3 #B34672 #B38846

monochromatic

#24555B #357F87 #46A8B3 #6FBEC7 #9BD2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#46A8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#46A8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8B3

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8B3	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B95B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2c9',
    500: '#46a8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8b3;
$custom-light: #85c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.055,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67833,
    "c": 0.09177,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8B3

secondary

#C49690

accent

#6154D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8B3

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

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