#46A8BB#46A8BB

#46A8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.094 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8BB
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -22.69, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 29.14, 218.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0796 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.094 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4944, 32.8925, 52.0094)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8BB #BB5946

analogous

#46BB94 #46A8BB #466DBB

triadic

#46A8BB #BB46A8 #A8BB46

tetradic

#46A8BB #9446BB #BB5946 #6DBB46

square

#46A8BB #9446BB #BB5946 #6DBB46

split-complementary

#46A8BB #BB466D #BB9446

monochromatic

#245862 #35808F #46A8BB #73BDCB #A0D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#46A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#46A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8BB

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8BB	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.094 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2cf',
    500: '#46a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8bb;
$custom-light: #86c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.744,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68141,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8BB

secondary

#C89D94

accent

#6752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8BB

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

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