#46B2BB#46B2BB

#46B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2BB
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -27.72, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 30.95, 206.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0902 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4120, 36.7278, 52.6486)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2BB #BB4F46

analogous

#46BB89 #46B2BB #4678BB

triadic

#46B2BB #BB46B2 #B2BB46

tetradic

#46B2BB #8946BB #BB4F46 #78BB46

square

#46B2BB #8946BB #BB4F46 #78BB46

split-complementary

#46B2BB #BB4678 #BB8946

monochromatic

#245E62 #35888F #46B2BB #73C5CB #A0D7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#46B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#46B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2BB

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2BB	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9cf',
    500: '#46b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2bb;
$custom-light: #87c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70556,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2BB

secondary

#C89894

accent

#5C52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2BB

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

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