#46AFBE#46AFBE

#46AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.097 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AFBE
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -25.35, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 30.31, 213.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0858 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.097 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1461, 35.6769, 54.1609)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AFBE #BE5546

analogous

#46BE91 #46AFBE #4673BE

triadic

#46AFBE #BE46AF #AFBE46

tetradic

#46AFBE #9146BE #BE5546 #73BE46

square

#46AFBE #9146BE #BE5546 #73BE46

split-complementary

#46AFBE #BE4673 #BE9146

monochromatic

#245E66 #348793 #46AFBE #73C3CE #A1D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#46AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#46AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AFBE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AFBE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.097 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7d1',
    500: '#46afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46afbe;
$custom-light: #87c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69944,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AFBE

secondary

#CA9C95

accent

#6150D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AFBE

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

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