#46B2BE#46B2BE

#46B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.098 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2BE
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -26.85, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 30.88, 209.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0889 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.098 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7365, 36.8576, 54.3577)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2BE #BE5246

analogous

#46BE8E #46B2BE #4676BE

triadic

#46B2BE #BE46B2 #B2BE46

tetradic

#46B2BE #8E46BE #BE5246 #76BE46

square

#46B2BE #8E46BE #BE5246 #76BE46

split-complementary

#46B2BE #BE4676 #BE8E46

monochromatic

#245F66 #348A93 #46B2BE #73C5CE #A1D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#46B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#46B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2BE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2BE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.098 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9d1',
    500: '#46b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2be;
$custom-light: #87c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70667,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2BE

secondary

#CA9B95

accent

#5E50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2BE

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

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