#46BBB4#46BBB4

#46BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBB4
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -34.04, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 34.59, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1027 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.104 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5306, 40.1350, 49.4144)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBB4 #BB464D

analogous

#46BB79 #46BBB4 #4688BB

triadic

#46BBB4 #B446BB #BBB446

tetradic

#46BBB4 #7946BB #BB464D #88BB46

square

#46BBB4 #7946BB #BB464D #88BB46

split-complementary

#46BBB4 #BB4688 #BB7946

monochromatic

#24625F #358F8A #46BBB4 #73CBC6 #A0DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46BBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#46BBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBB4

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBB4	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ca',
    500: '#46bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbb4;
$custom-light: #87d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.41,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72502,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBB4

secondary

#C89497

accent

#525AD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBB4

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

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