#46BBB1#46BBB1

#46BBB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBB1
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 177)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -34.85, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 35.16, 187.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.104 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.105 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2283, 40.0140, 47.8223)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBB1 #BB4650

analogous

#46BB76 #46BBB1 #468ABB

triadic

#46BBB1 #B146BB #BBB146

tetradic

#46BBB1 #7646BB #BB4650 #8ABB46

square

#46BBB1 #7646BB #BB4650 #8ABB46

split-complementary

#46BBB1 #BB468A #BB7646

monochromatic

#24625D #358F87 #46BBB1 #73CBC4 #A0DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46BBB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#46BBB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBB1

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBB1	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c8',
    500: '#46bbb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbb1;
$custom-light: #87d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.872,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72404,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBB1

secondary

#C89499

accent

#525DD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBB1

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

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