#46B5BB#46B5BB

#46B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.099 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5BB
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -29.20, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 31.72, 203.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0933 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.099 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0154, 37.9347, 52.8497)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5BB #BB4C46

analogous

#46BB86 #46B5BB #467ABB

triadic

#46B5BB #BB46B5 #B5BB46

tetradic

#46B5BB #8646BB #BB4C46 #7ABB46

square

#46B5BB #8646BB #BB4C46 #7ABB46

split-complementary

#46B5BB #BB467A #BB8646

monochromatic

#245F62 #358B8F #46B5BB #73C7CB #A0D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#46B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#46B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5BB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5BB	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.099 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbcf',
    500: '#46b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5bb;
$custom-light: #87cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71283,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5BB

secondary

#C89794

accent

#5952D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5BB

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

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