#46B5B2#46B5B2

#46B5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.100 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5B2
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -31.74, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 32.70, 193.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0972 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.1 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0820, 37.5613, 47.9337)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5B2 #B54649

analogous

#46B57B #46B5B2 #4681B5

triadic

#46B5B2 #B246B5 #B5B246

tetradic

#46B5B2 #7B46B5 #B54649 #81B546

square

#46B5B2 #7B46B5 #B54649 #81B546

split-complementary

#46B5B2 #B54681 #B57B46

monochromatic

#245D5B #358987 #46B5B2 #70C8C5 #9CD9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#46B5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#46B5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5B2

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5B2	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.100 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc9',
    500: '#46b5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5b2;
$custom-light: #86cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.378,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70968,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5B2

secondary

#C59293

accent

#5457D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5B2

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

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