#46B8BE#46B8BE

#46B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.101 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8BE
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -29.80, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 32.33, 202.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0952 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.101 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9565, 39.2976, 54.7644)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8BE #BE4C46

analogous

#46BE88 #46B8BE #467CBE

triadic

#46B8BE #BE46B8 #B8BE46

tetradic

#46B8BE #8846BE #BE4C46 #7CBE46

square

#46B8BE #8846BE #BE4C46 #7CBE46

split-complementary

#46B8BE #BE467C #BE8846

monochromatic

#246366 #348E93 #46B8BE #73C9CE #A1DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#46B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8BE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8BE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.101 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdd1',
    500: '#46b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8be;
$custom-light: #88cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72117,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8BE

secondary

#CA9895

accent

#5750D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8BE

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

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