#46B1BC#46B1BC

#46B1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.098 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1BC
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -26.94, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 30.69, 208.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0887 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.098 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3212, 36.3743, 53.1483)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1BC #BC5146

analogous

#46BC8C #46B1BC #4676BC

triadic

#46B1BC #BC46B1 #B1BC46

tetradic

#46B1BC #8C46BC #BC5146 #76BC46

square

#46B1BC #8C46BC #BC5146 #76BC46

split-complementary

#46B1BC #BC4676 #BC8C46

monochromatic

#245E64 #348890 #46B1BC #73C4CC #A0D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#46B1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#46B1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1BC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1BC	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.098 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c8d0',
    500: '#46b1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1bc;
$custom-light: #87c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70351,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1BC

secondary

#C99A95

accent

#5E51D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1BC

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

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