#46B9BB#46B9BB

#46B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9BB
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -31.14, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 32.89, 198.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0975 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.102 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8405, 39.5848, 53.1248)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9BB #BB4846

analogous

#46BB83 #46B9BB #467EBB

triadic

#46B9BB #BB46B9 #B9BB46

tetradic

#46B9BB #8346BB #BB4846 #7EBB46

square

#46B9BB #8346BB #BB4846 #7EBB46

split-complementary

#46B9BB #BB467E #BB8346

monochromatic

#246162 #358E8F #46B9BB #73CACB #A0DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#46B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9BB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9BB	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cecf',
    500: '#46b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9bb;
$custom-light: #88cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9BB

secondary

#C89594

accent

#5452D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9BB

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

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