#46BBAD#46BBAD

#46BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBAD
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -35.92, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 36.02, 184.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1058 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.106 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8355, 39.8569, 45.7532)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBAD #BB4654

analogous

#46BB73 #46BBAD #468EBB

triadic

#46BBAD #AD46BB #BBAD46

tetradic

#46BBAD #7346BB #BB4654 #8EBB46

square

#46BBAD #7346BB #BB4654 #8EBB46

split-complementary

#46BBAD #BB468E #BB7346

monochromatic

#24625B #358F84 #46BBAD #73CBC1 #A0DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#46BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBAD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBAD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c5',
    500: '#46bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbad;
$custom-light: #87d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.821,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBAD

secondary

#C8949B

accent

#5262D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBAD

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

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