#46B9AB#46B9AB

#46B9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9AB
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -35.53, -2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 35.62, 184.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.1046 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.105 184)
XYZ	xyz(27.2221, 38.9374, 44.6012)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9AB #B94654

analogous

#46B972 #46B9AB #468DB9

triadic

#46B9AB #AB46B9 #B9AB46

tetradic

#46B9AB #7246B9 #B94654 #8DB946

square

#46B9AB #7246B9 #B94654 #8DB946

split-complementary

#46B9AB #B9468D #B97246

monochromatic

#246059 #358D82 #46B9AB #72CABF #9FDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#46B9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#46B9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9AB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9AB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec3',
    500: '#46b9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9ab;
$custom-light: #86cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7172,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.3894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9AB

secondary

#C7949A

accent

#5363D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9AB

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

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