#46BAB4#46BAB4

#46BAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.103 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAB4
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -33.56, -6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 34.21, 191.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.1017 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.103 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3192, 39.7121, 49.3439)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAB4 #BA464C

analogous

#46BA7A #46BAB4 #4686BA

triadic

#46BAB4 #B446BA #BAB446

tetradic

#46BAB4 #7A46BA #BA464C #86BA46

square

#46BAB4 #7A46BA #BA464C #86BA46

split-complementary

#46BAB4 #BA4686 #BA7A46

monochromatic

#24615E #358E89 #46BAB4 #73CBC6 #9FDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#46BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAB4

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAB4	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)

#B0B1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.103 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfca',
    500: '#46bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bab4;
$custom-light: #87cfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72258,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAB4

secondary

#C89497

accent

#5259D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAB4

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

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