#46BAB2#46BAB2

#46BAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.104 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAB2
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -34.11, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 34.57, 189.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1025 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.104 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1170, 39.6312, 48.2786)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAB2 #BA464E

analogous

#46BA78 #46BAB2 #4688BA

triadic

#46BAB2 #B246BA #BAB246

tetradic

#46BAB2 #7846BA #BA464E #88BA46

square

#46BAB2 #7846BA #BA464E #88BA46

split-complementary

#46BAB2 #BA4688 #BA7846

monochromatic

#24615D #358E88 #46BAB2 #73CBC5 #9FDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46BAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#46BAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAB2

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAB2	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)

#B0B1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.104 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfc9',
    500: '#46bab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bab2;
$custom-light: #87cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72191,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAB2

secondary

#C89498

accent

#525BD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAB2

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

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