#46B1BB#46B1BB

#46B1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.097 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1BB
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -27.23, -14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 30.71, 207.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0891 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.097 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2138, 36.3313, 52.5825)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1BB #BB5046

analogous

#46BB8A #46B1BB #4676BB

triadic

#46B1BB #BB46B1 #B1BB46

tetradic

#46B1BB #8A46BB #BB5046 #76BB46

square

#46B1BB #8A46BB #BB5046 #76BB46

split-complementary

#46B1BB #BB4676 #BB8A46

monochromatic

#245D62 #35878F #46B1BB #73C4CB #A0D7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#46B1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#46B1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1BB

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1BB	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.097 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8cf',
    500: '#46b1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1bb;
$custom-light: #87c8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70314,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1BB

secondary

#C89994

accent

#5D52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1BB

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

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