#46B4C8#46B4C8

#46B4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4C8
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -24.87, -19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 31.52, 217.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0869 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.102 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2680, 38.1116, 60.4462)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4C8 #C85A46

analogous

#46C89B #46B4C8 #4673C8

triadic

#46B4C8 #C846B4 #B4C846

tetradic

#46B4C8 #9B46C8 #C85A46 #73C846

square

#46B4C8 #9B46C8 #C85A46 #73C846

split-complementary

#46B4C8 #C84673 #C89B46

monochromatic

#226572 #3090A1 #46B4C8 #75C7D6 #A4DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#46B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#46B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4C8

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4C8	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad8',
    500: '#46b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4c8;
$custom-light: #88cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7153,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4C8

secondary

#D1A199

accent

#614ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4C8

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

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