#46BBAB#46BBAB

#46BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBAB
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -36.45, -1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 36.49, 182.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1067 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.107 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6434, 39.7801, 44.7417)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBAB #BB4656

analogous

#46BB70 #46BBAB #4690BB

triadic

#46BBAB #AB46BB #BBAB46

tetradic

#46BBAB #7046BB #BB4656 #90BB46

square

#46BBAB #7046BB #BB4656 #90BB46

split-complementary

#46BBAB #BB4690 #BB7046

monochromatic

#24625A #358F83 #46BBAB #73CBBF #A0DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#46BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBAB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBAB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c3',
    500: '#46bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbab;
$custom-light: #87d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.795,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBAB

secondary

#C8949B

accent

#5264D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBAB

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

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