#46B6B3#46B6B3

#46B6B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.100 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6B3
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -31.94, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 32.91, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0979 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.1 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3868, 38.0097, 48.5324)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6B3 #B64649

analogous

#46B67B #46B6B3 #4681B6

triadic

#46B6B3 #B346B6 #B6B346

tetradic

#46B6B3 #7B46B6 #B64649 #81B646

square

#46B6B3 #7B46B6 #B64649 #81B646

split-complementary

#46B6B3 #B64681 #B67B46

monochromatic

#245E5C #358A88 #46B6B3 #71C8C6 #9DD9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#46B6B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#46B6B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6B3

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6B3	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)

#ABADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.100 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccc9',
    500: '#46b6b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6b3;
$custom-light: #87ccc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.393,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71246,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6B3

secondary

#C69293

accent

#5457D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6B3

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

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