#46BBAE#46BBAE

#46BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBAE
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -35.66, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 35.79, 185.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1054 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.106 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9326, 39.8957, 46.2648)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBAE #BB4653

analogous

#46BB73 #46BBAE #468EBB

triadic

#46BBAE #AE46BB #BBAE46

tetradic

#46BBAE #7346BB #BB4653 #8EBB46

square

#46BBAE #7346BB #BB4653 #8EBB46

split-complementary

#46BBAE #BB468E #BB7346

monochromatic

#24625C #358F85 #46BBAE #73CBC2 #A0DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#46BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBAE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBAE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c6',
    500: '#46bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbae;
$custom-light: #87d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBAE

secondary

#C8949A

accent

#5261D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBAE

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

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