#46B6BD#46B6BD

#46B6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6BD
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -29.11, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 31.86, 203.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0935 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(28.4351, 38.4290, 54.0532)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6BD #BD4D46

analogous

#46BD88 #46B6BD #467BBD

triadic

#46B6BD #BD46B6 #B6BD46

tetradic

#46B6BD #8846BD #BD4D46 #7BBD46

square

#46B6BD #8846BD #BD4D46 #7BBD46

split-complementary

#46B6BD #BD467B #BD8846

monochromatic

#246165 #348C92 #46B6BD #73C8CD #A0DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#46B6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6BD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6BD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccd0',
    500: '#46b6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6bd;
$custom-light: #87ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.38432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6BD

secondary

#CA9895

accent

#5951D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6BD

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

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