#46B6C1#46B6C1

#46B6C1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6C1
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 193)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -27.95, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 31.70, 208.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0919 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8753, 38.6051, 56.3715)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6C1 #C15146

analogous

#46C18F #46B6C1 #4679C1

triadic

#46B6C1 #C146B6 #B6C146

tetradic

#46B6C1 #8F46C1 #C15146 #79C146

square

#46B6C1 #8F46C1 #C15146 #79C146

split-complementary

#46B6C1 #C14679 #C18F46

monochromatic

#236369 #338E97 #46B6C1 #74C8D0 #A2DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#46B6C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#46B6C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6C1

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6C1	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AFC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ccd3',
    500: '#46b6c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6c1;
$custom-light: #88ccd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.366,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71744,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6C1

secondary

#CC9B96

accent

#5B4ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6C1

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

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