#46B6C8#46B6C8

#46B6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.103 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6C8
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -25.88, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 31.79, 215.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.089 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.103 210)
XYZ	xyz(29.6747, 38.9249, 60.5817)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6C8 #C85846

analogous

#46C899 #46B6C8 #4675C8

triadic

#46B6C8 #C846B6 #B6C846

tetradic

#46B6C8 #9946C8 #C85846 #75C846

square

#46B6C8 #9946C8 #C85846 #75C846

split-complementary

#46B6C8 #C84675 #C89946

monochromatic

#226772 #3091A1 #46B6C8 #75C9D6 #A4DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#46B6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#46B6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6C8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6C8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.103 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccd8',
    500: '#46b6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6c8;
$custom-light: #89ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.308,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72008,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.38928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6C8

secondary

#D1A199

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6C8

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

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