#46ABB6#46ABB6

#46ABB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.094 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46ABB6
RGB	rgb(70, 171, 182)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -25.70, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 29.45, 209.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0848 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.094 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5286, 33.8026, 49.4261)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46ABB6 #B65146

analogous

#46B689 #46ABB6 #4673B6

triadic

#46ABB6 #B646AB #ABB646

tetradic

#46ABB6 #8946B6 #B65146 #73B646

square

#46ABB6 #8946B6 #B65146 #73B646

split-complementary

#46ABB6 #B64673 #B68946

monochromatic

#24585E #35818A #46ABB6 #71C0C8 #9DD3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#46ABB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#46ABB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46ABB6

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46ABB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46ABB6	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46abb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 171, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.094 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4cb',
    500: '#46abb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46abb6;
$custom-light: #86c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46abb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.893,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68674,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46ABB6

secondary

#C69792

accent

#6054D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46ABB6

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

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