#46BBB3#46BBB3

#46BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBB3
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -34.31, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 34.77, 189.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1031 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.104 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4291, 40.0944, 48.8798)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBB3 #BB464E

analogous

#46BB78 #46BBB3 #4689BB

triadic

#46BBB3 #B346BB #BBB346

tetradic

#46BBB3 #7846BB #BB464E #89BB46

square

#46BBB3 #7846BB #BB464E #89BB46

split-complementary

#46BBB3 #BB4689 #BB7846

monochromatic

#24625E #358F89 #46BBB3 #73CBC5 #A0DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#46BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBB3

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBB3	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c9',
    500: '#46bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbb3;
$custom-light: #87d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.897,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72469,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBB3

secondary

#C89498

accent

#525BD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBB3

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

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