#46B9BF#46B9BF

#46B9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9BF
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -29.99, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 32.54, 202.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0958 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.102 200)
XYZ	xyz(29.2746, 39.7584, 55.4114)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9BF #BF4C46

analogous

#46BF88 #46B9BF #467CBF

triadic

#46B9BF #BF46B9 #B9BF46

tetradic

#46B9BF #8846BF #BF4C46 #7CBF46

square

#46B9BF #8846BF #BF4C46 #7CBF46

split-complementary

#46B9BF #BF467C #BF8846

monochromatic

#246467 #339094 #46B9BF #73CACF #A1DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46B9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#46B9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9BF

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9BF	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ced2',
    500: '#46b9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9bf;
$custom-light: #88ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.975,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72395,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.39762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9BF

secondary

#CB9896

accent

#5650D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9BF

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

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