#46B3B2#46B3B2

#46B3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.098 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3B2
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -30.78, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 32.00, 195.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0951 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.098 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6783, 36.7538, 47.7991)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3B2 #B34647

analogous

#46B37C #46B3B2 #467EB3

triadic

#46B3B2 #B246B3 #B3B246

tetradic

#46B3B2 #7C46B3 #B34647 #7EB346

square

#46B3B2 #7C46B3 #B34647 #7EB346

split-complementary

#46B3B2 #B3467E #B37C46

monochromatic

#245B5B #358786 #46B3B2 #6FC7C6 #9BD8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#46B3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#46B3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3B2

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3B2	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#A8ABB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.098 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cac9',
    500: '#46b3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3b2;
$custom-light: #86cac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.45,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3B2

secondary

#C49091

accent

#5455D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3B2

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

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