#46BBB9#46BBB9

#46BBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBB9
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -32.65, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 33.79, 194.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.1005 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.103 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0492, 40.3424, 52.1455)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBB9 #BB4648

analogous

#46BB7E #46BBB9 #4683BB

triadic

#46BBB9 #B946BB #BBB946

tetradic

#46BBB9 #7E46BB #BB4648 #83BB46

square

#46BBB9 #7E46BB #BB4648 #83BB46

split-complementary

#46BBB9 #BB4683 #BB7E46

monochromatic

#246261 #358F8E #46BBB9 #73CBCA #A0DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#46BBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#46BBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBB9

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBB9	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0ce',
    500: '#46bbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbb9;
$custom-light: #88d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.974,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7267,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBB9

secondary

#C89495

accent

#5254D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBB9

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

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