#46B3BC#46B3BC

#46B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3BC
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -27.93, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 31.15, 206.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0908 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7191, 37.1702, 53.2809)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3BC #BC4F46

analogous

#46BC8A #46B3BC #4678BC

triadic

#46B3BC #BC46B3 #B3BC46

tetradic

#46B3BC #8A46BC #BC4F46 #78BC46

square

#46B3BC #8A46BC #BC4F46 #78BC46

split-complementary

#46B3BC #BC4678 #BC8A46

monochromatic

#245F64 #348990 #46B3BC #73C5CC #A0D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#46B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#46B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3BC

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3BC	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cad0',
    500: '#46b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3bc;
$custom-light: #87cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.576,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70835,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3BC

secondary

#C99995

accent

#5B51D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3BC

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

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