#46B3BD#46B3BD

#46B3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3BD
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -27.63, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 31.12, 207.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0904 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8273, 37.2134, 53.8506)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3BD #BD5046

analogous

#46BD8B #46B3BD #4677BD

triadic

#46B3BD #BD46B3 #B3BD46

tetradic

#46B3BD #8B46BD #BD5046 #77BD46

square

#46B3BD #8B46BD #BD5046 #77BD46

split-complementary

#46B3BD #BD4677 #BD8B46

monochromatic

#245F65 #348A92 #46B3BD #73C6CD #A0D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#46B3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#46B3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3BD

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3BD	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cad0',
    500: '#46b3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3bd;
$custom-light: #87cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3BD

secondary

#CA9995

accent

#5C51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3BD

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

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