#46B9BE#46B9BE

#46B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9BE
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -30.28, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 32.61, 201.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0963 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.102 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1650, 39.7146, 54.8338)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9BE #BE4B46

analogous

#46BE87 #46B9BE #467DBE

triadic

#46B9BE #BE46B9 #B9BE46

tetradic

#46B9BE #8746BE #BE4B46 #7DBE46

square

#46B9BE #8746BE #BE4B46 #7DBE46

split-complementary

#46B9BE #BE467D #BE8746

monochromatic

#246366 #348F93 #46B9BE #73CACE #A1DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#46B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9BE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9BE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ced1',
    500: '#46b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9be;
$custom-light: #88ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72359,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9BE

secondary

#CA9895

accent

#5650D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9BE

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

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