#46B4BD#46B4BD

#46B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4BD
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -28.13, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 31.36, 206.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0914 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0284, 37.6157, 53.9177)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4BD #BD4F46

analogous

#46BD8A #46B4BD #4678BD

triadic

#46B4BD #BD46B4 #B4BD46

tetradic

#46B4BD #8A46BD #BD4F46 #78BD46

square

#46B4BD #8A46BD #BD4F46 #78BD46

split-complementary

#46B4BD #BD4678 #BD8A46

monochromatic

#246065 #348B92 #46B4BD #73C6CD #A0D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#46B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#46B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4BD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4BD	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd0',
    500: '#46b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4bd;
$custom-light: #87cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.538,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4BD

secondary

#CA9995

accent

#5B51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4BD

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

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