#46BDA5#46BDA5

#46BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDA5
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -38.91, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 38.98, 176.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1116 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.112 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5117, 40.4110, 41.9402)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDA5 #BD465E

analogous

#46BD69 #46BDA5 #4699BD

triadic

#46BDA5 #A546BD #BDA546

tetradic

#46BDA5 #6946BD #BD465E #99BD46

square

#46BDA5 #6946BD #BD465E #99BD46

split-complementary

#46BDA5 #BD4699 #BD6946

monochromatic

#246558 #34927F #46BDA5 #73CDBB #A0DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#46BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDA5

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDA5	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1bf',
    500: '#46bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bda5;
$custom-light: #87d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.899,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDA5

secondary

#CA95A0

accent

#516CD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDA5

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

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