#46B5BC#46B5BC

#46B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5BC
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -28.91, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 31.66, 204.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0929 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(28.1229, 37.9777, 53.4155)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5BC #BC4D46

analogous

#46BC88 #46B5BC #467ABC

triadic

#46B5BC #BC46B5 #B5BC46

tetradic

#46B5BC #8846BC #BC4D46 #7ABC46

square

#46B5BC #8846BC #BC4D46 #7ABC46

split-complementary

#46B5BC #BC467A #BC8846

monochromatic

#246064 #348B90 #46B5BC #73C7CC #A0D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#46B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#46B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5BC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5BC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd0',
    500: '#46b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5bc;
$custom-light: #87cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.559,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71319,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.37981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5BC

secondary

#C99895

accent

#5951D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5BC

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

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