#46B6BB#46B6BB

#46B6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.100 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6BB
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -29.68, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 32.00, 201.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0944 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.1 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2195, 38.3428, 52.9178)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6BB #BB4B46

analogous

#46BB85 #46B6BB #467BBB

triadic

#46B6BB #BB46B6 #B6BB46

tetradic

#46B6BB #8546BB #BB4B46 #7BBB46

square

#46B6BB #8546BB #BB4B46 #7BBB46

split-complementary

#46B6BB #BB467B #BB8546

monochromatic

#246062 #358B8F #46B6BB #73C8CB #A0D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#46B6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6BB

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6BB	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.100 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cccf',
    500: '#46b6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6bb;
$custom-light: #87cccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.564,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.10003,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6BB

secondary

#C89794

accent

#5852D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6BB

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

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