#46B8BB#46B8BB

#46B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8BB
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -30.65, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 32.58, 199.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0965 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.101 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6320, 39.1678, 53.0553)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8BB #BB4946

analogous

#46BB83 #46B8BB #467EBB

triadic

#46B8BB #BB46B8 #B8BB46

tetradic

#46B8BB #8346BB #BB4946 #7EBB46

square

#46B8BB #8346BB #BB4946 #7EBB46

split-complementary

#46B8BB #BB467E #BB8346

monochromatic

#246162 #358D8F #46B8BB #73C9CB #A0DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#46B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#46B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8BB

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8BB	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdcf',
    500: '#46b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8bb;
$custom-light: #87cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7201,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8BB

secondary

#C89694

accent

#5552D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8BB

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

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