#46B6BC#46B6BC

#46B6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.100 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6BC
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -29.40, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 31.93, 202.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.094 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.1 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3269, 38.3858, 53.4835)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6BC #BC4C46

analogous

#46BC87 #46B6BC #467BBC

triadic

#46B6BC #BC46B6 #B6BC46

tetradic

#46B6BC #8746BC #BC4C46 #7BBC46

square

#46B6BC #8746BC #BC4C46 #7BBC46

split-complementary

#46B6BC #BC467B #BC8746

monochromatic

#246064 #348C90 #46B6BC #73C8CC #A0D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#46B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6BC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6BC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.100 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccd0',
    500: '#46b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6bc;
$custom-light: #87ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.051,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71561,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6BC

secondary

#C99795

accent

#5851D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6BC

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

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