#46A9B2#46A9B2

#46A9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.092 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A9B2
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 178)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -25.86, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 29.07, 207.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0844 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.092 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7463, 32.8898, 47.1551)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A9B2 #B24F46

analogous

#46B285 #46A9B2 #4673B2

triadic

#46A9B2 #B246A9 #A9B246

tetradic

#46A9B2 #8546B2 #B24F46 #73B246

square

#46A9B2 #8546B2 #B24F46 #73B246

split-complementary

#46A9B2 #B24673 #B28546

monochromatic

#23565A #357F86 #46A9B2 #6FBFC6 #9BD3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#46A9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#46A9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9B2

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A9B2	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)

#9DA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C96B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.092 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3c9',
    500: '#46a9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a9b2;
$custom-light: #85c3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68039,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A9B2

secondary

#C49490

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A9B2

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

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