#46B5C2#46B5C2

#46B5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.101 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5C2
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -27.16, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 31.48, 210.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0904 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.101 206)
XYZ	xyz(28.7831, 38.2418, 56.8930)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5C2 #C25346

analogous

#46C291 #46B5C2 #4677C2

triadic

#46B5C2 #C246B5 #B5C246

tetradic

#46B5C2 #9146C2 #C25346 #77C246

square

#46B5C2 #9146C2 #C25346 #77C246

split-complementary

#46B5C2 #C24677 #C29146

monochromatic

#23636A #328E99 #46B5C2 #74C7D1 #A2DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#46B5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#46B5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5C2

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5C2	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.101 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbd4',
    500: '#46b5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5c2;
$custom-light: #88cbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.29,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.38245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5C2

secondary

#CD9C97

accent

#5D4EDA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5C2

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

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