#46BBB6#46BBB6

#46BBB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBB6
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -33.49, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 34.25, 192.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1018 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.104 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7358, 40.2170, 50.4951)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBB6 #BB464B

analogous

#46BB7B #46BBB6 #4685BB

triadic

#46BBB6 #B646BB #BBB646

tetradic

#46BBB6 #7B46BB #BB464B #85BB46

square

#46BBB6 #7B46BB #BB464B #85BB46

split-complementary

#46BBB6 #BB4685 #BB7B46

monochromatic

#246260 #358F8B #46BBB6 #73CBC8 #A0DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#46BBB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#46BBB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBB6

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBB6	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)

#B0B2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0cb',
    500: '#46bbb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbb6;
$custom-light: #87d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.436,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBB6

secondary

#C89497

accent

#5258D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBB6

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

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