#46B0B2#46B0B2

#46B0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.096 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B0B2
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -29.33, -10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 31.01, 198.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0919 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.096 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0835, 35.5644, 47.6008)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B0B2 #B24846

analogous

#46B27E #46B0B2 #467AB2

triadic

#46B0B2 #B246B0 #B0B246

tetradic

#46B0B2 #7E46B2 #B24846 #7AB246

square

#46B0B2 #7E46B2 #B24846 #7AB246

split-complementary

#46B0B2 #B2467A #B27E46

monochromatic

#23595A #358586 #46B0B2 #6FC5C6 #9BD6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#46B0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#46B0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0B2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B0B2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.096 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c8c9',
    500: '#46b0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b0b2;
$custom-light: #86c8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69746,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B0B2

secondary

#C49190

accent

#5755D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B0B2

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

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