#46B0BD#46B0BD

#46B0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B0BD
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 6.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -26.14, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 30.48, 210.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0872 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.097 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2326, 36.0240, 53.6524)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B0BD #BD5346

analogous

#46BD8E #46B0BD #4674BD

triadic

#46B0BD #BD46B0 #B0BD46

tetradic

#46B0BD #8E46BD #BD5346 #74BD46

square

#46B0BD #8E46BD #BD5346 #74BD46

split-complementary

#46B0BD #BD4674 #BD8E46

monochromatic

#245E65 #348892 #46B0BD #73C3CD #A0D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#46B0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#46B0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B0BD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B0BD	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8d0',
    500: '#46b0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b0bd;
$custom-light: #87c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70147,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B0BD

secondary

#CA9B95

accent

#5F51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B0BD

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