#46B9BC#46B9BC

#46B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9BC
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -30.85, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 32.79, 199.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0971 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.102 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9479, 39.6277, 53.6905)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9BC #BC4946

analogous

#46BC84 #46B9BC #467EBC

triadic

#46B9BC #BC46B9 #B9BC46

tetradic

#46B9BC #8446BC #BC4946 #7EBC46

square

#46B9BC #8446BC #BC4946 #7EBC46

split-complementary

#46B9BC #BC467E #BC8446

monochromatic

#246264 #348E90 #46B9BC #73CACC #A0DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#46B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9BC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9BC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ced0',
    500: '#46b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9bc;
$custom-light: #88ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.525,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72288,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9BC

secondary

#C99695

accent

#5551D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9BC

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

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