#46B2B8#46B2B8

#46B2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2B8
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -28.59, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 31.10, 203.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0915 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0942, 36.6007, 50.9748)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2B8 #B84C46

analogous

#46B885 #46B2B8 #4679B8

triadic

#46B2B8 #B846B2 #B2B846

tetradic

#46B2B8 #8546B8 #B84C46 #79B846

square

#46B2B8 #8546B8 #B84C46 #79B846

split-complementary

#46B2B8 #B84679 #B88546

monochromatic

#245C5F #35878C #46B2B8 #72C5C9 #9ED7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#46B2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#46B2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2B8

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2B8	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9cd',
    500: '#46b2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2b8;
$custom-light: #87c9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70447,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2B8

secondary

#C79693

accent

#5A53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2B8

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

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