#46B0B9#46B0B9

#46B0B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.097 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B0B9
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 185)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -27.32, -13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 30.53, 206.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0889 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.097 203)
XYZ	xyz(26.8044, 35.8527, 51.3972)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B0B9 #B94F46

analogous

#46B989 #46B0B9 #4676B9

triadic

#46B0B9 #B946B0 #B0B946

tetradic

#46B0B9 #8946B9 #B94F46 #76B946

square

#46B0B9 #8946B9 #B94F46 #76B946

split-complementary

#46B0B9 #B94676 #B98946

monochromatic

#245C60 #35868D #46B0B9 #72C3CA #9FD6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#46B0B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#46B0B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0B9

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B0B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B0B9	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b0b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.097 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8ce',
    500: '#46b0b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b0b9;
$custom-light: #87c8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b0b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.696,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69998,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.35856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B0B9

secondary

#C79894

accent

#5D53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B0B9

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

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