#46B5BF#46B5BF

#46B5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5BF
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -28.04, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 31.53, 207.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0917 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.1 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4496, 38.1084, 55.1364)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5BF #BF5046

analogous

#46BF8C #46B5BF #4678BF

triadic

#46B5BF #BF46B5 #B5BF46

tetradic

#46B5BF #8C46BF #BF5046 #78BF46

square

#46B5BF #8C46BF #BF5046 #78BF46

split-complementary

#46B5BF #BF4678 #BF8C46

monochromatic

#246167 #338C94 #46B5BF #73C7CF #A1D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#46B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#46B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5BF

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5BF	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbd2',
    500: '#46b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5bf;
$custom-light: #88cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.959,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71429,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5BF

secondary

#CB9A96

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5BF

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

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