#46BAB3#46BAB3

#46BAB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.104 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAB3
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -33.84, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 34.39, 190.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1021 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.104 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2177, 39.6715, 48.8093)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAB3 #BA464D

analogous

#46BA79 #46BAB3 #4687BA

triadic

#46BAB3 #B346BA #BAB346

tetradic

#46BAB3 #7946BA #BA464D #87BA46

square

#46BAB3 #7946BA #BA464D #87BA46

split-complementary

#46BAB3 #BA4687 #BA7946

monochromatic

#24615E #358E89 #46BAB3 #73CBC5 #9FDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46BAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#46BAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAB3

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAB3	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)

#B0B1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.104 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfc9',
    500: '#46bab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bab3;
$custom-light: #87cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.379,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAB3

secondary

#C89497

accent

#525AD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAB3

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

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