#46B0BC#46B0BC

#46B0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B0BC
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -26.44, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 30.47, 209.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0877 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.097 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1244, 35.9807, 53.0827)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B0BC #BC5246

analogous

#46BC8D #46B0BC #4675BC

triadic

#46B0BC #BC46B0 #B0BC46

tetradic

#46B0BC #8D46BC #BC5246 #75BC46

square

#46B0BC #8D46BC #BC5246 #75BC46

split-complementary

#46B0BC #BC4675 #BC8D46

monochromatic

#245D64 #348790 #46B0BC #73C3CC #A0D6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#46B0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#46B0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0BC

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B0BC	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8d0',
    500: '#46b0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b0bc;
$custom-light: #87c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B0BC

secondary

#C99A95

accent

#5F51D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B0BC

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

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