#46A9BB#46A9BB

#46A9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.095 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A9BB
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -23.20, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 29.26, 217.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0806 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.095 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6797, 33.2632, 52.0712)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A9BB #BB5846

analogous

#46BB93 #46A9BB #466EBB

triadic

#46A9BB #BB46A9 #A9BB46

tetradic

#46A9BB #9346BB #BB5846 #6EBB46

square

#46A9BB #9346BB #BB5846 #6EBB46

split-complementary

#46A9BB #BB466E #BB9346

monochromatic

#245962 #35818F #46A9BB #73BECB #A0D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#46A9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#46A9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A9BB

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A9BB	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.095 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2cf',
    500: '#46a9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a9bb;
$custom-light: #86c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68382,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A9BB

secondary

#C89C94

accent

#6652D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A9BB

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

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