#46BBAC#46BBAC

#46BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBAC
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -36.19, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 36.25, 183.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1063 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.106 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7391, 39.8183, 45.2455)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBAC #BB4655

analogous

#46BB72 #46BBAC #468FBB

triadic

#46BBAC #AC46BB #BBAC46

tetradic

#46BBAC #7246BB #BB4655 #8FBB46

square

#46BBAC #7246BB #BB4655 #8FBB46

split-complementary

#46BBAC #BB468F #BB7246

monochromatic

#24625A #358F84 #46BBAC #73CBC0 #A0DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#46BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBAC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B2B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c4',
    500: '#46bbac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbac;
$custom-light: #87d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72244,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBAC

secondary

#C8949B

accent

#5263D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBAC

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

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