#46B4BE#46B4BE

#46B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.099 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4BE
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -27.84, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 31.32, 207.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.091 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.099 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1373, 37.6593, 54.4913)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4BE #BE5046

analogous

#46BE8C #46B4BE #4678BE

triadic

#46B4BE #BE46B4 #B4BE46

tetradic

#46B4BE #8C46BE #BE5046 #78BE46

square

#46B4BE #8C46BE #BE5046 #78BE46

split-complementary

#46B4BE #BE4678 #BE8C46

monochromatic

#246066 #348B93 #46B4BE #73C6CE #A1D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#46B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#46B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4BE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4BE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.099 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cad1',
    500: '#46b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4be;
$custom-light: #87cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7115,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4BE

secondary

#CA9A95

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4BE

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

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