#46B5BE#46B5BE

#46B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5BE
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -28.33, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 31.56, 206.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0921 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3399, 38.0645, 54.5588)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5BE #BE4F46

analogous

#46BE8B #46B5BE #4679BE

triadic

#46B5BE #BE46B5 #B5BE46

tetradic

#46B5BE #8B46BE #BE4F46 #79BE46

square

#46B5BE #8B46BE #BE4F46 #79BE46

split-complementary

#46B5BE #BE4679 #BE8B46

monochromatic

#246166 #348C93 #46B5BE #73C7CE #A1D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#46B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#46B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5BE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5BE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbd1',
    500: '#46b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5be;
$custom-light: #87cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71392,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5BE

secondary

#CA9995

accent

#5A50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5BE

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

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