#46B8B2#46B8B2

#46B8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.102 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8B2
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -33.17, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 33.80, 191.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.1004 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.102 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6986, 38.7945, 48.1392)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8B2 #B8464C

analogous

#46B879 #46B8B2 #4685B8

triadic

#46B8B2 #B246B8 #B8B246

tetradic

#46B8B2 #7946B8 #B8464C #85B846

square

#46B8B2 #7946B8 #B8464C #85B846

split-complementary

#46B8B2 #B84685 #B87946

monochromatic

#245F5C #358C87 #46B8B2 #72C9C5 #9EDAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#46B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#46B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8B2

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8B2	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.102 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cec9',
    500: '#46b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8b2;
$custom-light: #87cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71702,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8B2

secondary

#C79396

accent

#535AD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8B2

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

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