#46BDA9#46BDA9

#46BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDA9
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -37.89, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 37.89, 179.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1098 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.11 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8815, 40.5589, 43.8877)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDA9 #BD465A

analogous

#46BD6D #46BDA9 #4695BD

triadic

#46BDA9 #A946BD #BDA946

tetradic

#46BDA9 #6D46BD #BD465A #95BD46

square

#46BDA9 #6D46BD #BD465A #95BD46

split-complementary

#46BDA9 #BD4695 #BD6D46

monochromatic

#24655A #349282 #46BDA9 #73CDBE #A0DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#46BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDA9

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDA9	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c2',
    500: '#46bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bda9;
$custom-light: #87d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.916,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDA9

secondary

#CA959E

accent

#5167D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDA9

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

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