#46B8BC#46B8BC

#46B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8BC
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -30.37, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 32.49, 200.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0961 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.101 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7394, 39.2108, 53.6210)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8BC #BC4A46

analogous

#46BC85 #46B8BC #467DBC

triadic

#46B8BC #BC46B8 #B8BC46

tetradic

#46B8BC #8546BC #BC4A46 #7DBC46

square

#46B8BC #8546BC #BC4A46 #7DBC46

split-complementary

#46B8BC #BC467D #BC8546

monochromatic

#246164 #348D90 #46B8BC #73C9CC #A0DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#46B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8BC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8BC	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdd0',
    500: '#46b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8bc;
$custom-light: #88cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72046,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8BC

secondary

#C99695

accent

#5651D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8BC

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

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