#46B3BF#46B3BF

#46B3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3BF
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -27.05, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 31.08, 209.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0896 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.099 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0459, 37.3009, 55.0018)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3BF #BF5246

analogous

#46BF8E #46B3BF #4676BF

triadic

#46B3BF #BF46B3 #B3BF46

tetradic

#46B3BF #8E46BF #BF5246 #76BF46

square

#46B3BF #8E46BF #BF5246 #76BF46

split-complementary

#46B3BF #BF4676 #BF8E46

monochromatic

#246067 #338B94 #46B3BF #73C6CF #A1D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#46B3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#46B3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3BF

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3BF	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cad2',
    500: '#46b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3bf;
$custom-light: #87cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70946,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3BF

secondary

#CB9B96

accent

#5D50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3BF

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

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