#46B5BD#46B5BD

#46B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5BD
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -28.62, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 31.60, 205.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0925 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.1 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2310, 38.0209, 53.9852)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5BD #BD4E46

analogous

#46BD89 #46B5BD #4679BD

triadic

#46B5BD #BD46B5 #B5BD46

tetradic

#46B5BD #8946BD #BD4E46 #79BD46

square

#46B5BD #8946BD #BD4E46 #79BD46

split-complementary

#46B5BD #BD4679 #BD8946

monochromatic

#246065 #348B92 #46B5BD #73C7CD #A0D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#46B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#46B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5BD

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5BD	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)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd0',
    500: '#46b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5bd;
$custom-light: #87cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.034,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5BD

secondary

#CA9995

accent

#5A51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5BD

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

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