#46B4B0#46B4B0

#46B4B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.099 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4B0
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 176)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -31.82, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 32.64, 192.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0971 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.099 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6801, 37.0764, 46.8163)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4B0 #B4464A

analogous

#46B479 #46B4B0 #4681B4

triadic

#46B4B0 #B046B4 #B4B046

tetradic

#46B4B0 #7946B4 #B4464A #81B446

square

#46B4B0 #7946B4 #B4464A #81B446

split-complementary

#46B4B0 #B44681 #B47946

monochromatic

#245C5A #358885 #46B4B0 #70C7C4 #9CD8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#46B4B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#46B4B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4B0

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4B0	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.099 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc7',
    500: '#46b4b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4b0;
$custom-light: #86cbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4B0

secondary

#C59193

accent

#5459D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4B0

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

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