#46BBB5#46BBB5

#46BBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBB5
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -33.76, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 34.42, 191.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.1023 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.104 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6329, 40.1759, 49.9528)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBB5 #BB464C

analogous

#46BB7A #46BBB5 #4686BB

triadic

#46BBB5 #B546BB #BBB546

tetradic

#46BBB5 #7A46BB #BB464C #86BB46

square

#46BBB5 #7A46BB #BB464C #86BB46

split-complementary

#46BBB5 #BB4686 #BB7A46

monochromatic

#24625F #358F8B #46BBB5 #73CBC7 #A0DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#46BBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#46BBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBB5

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBB5	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0cb',
    500: '#46bbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbb5;
$custom-light: #87d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72535,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBB5

secondary

#C89497

accent

#5259D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBB5

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

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