#46BDAB#46BDAB

#46BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDAB
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -37.37, -0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 37.38, 181.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1089 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.109 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0707, 40.6346, 44.8841)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDAB #BD4658

analogous

#46BD6F #46BDAB #4693BD

triadic

#46BDAB #AB46BD #BDAB46

tetradic

#46BDAB #6F46BD #BD4658 #93BD46

square

#46BDAB #6F46BD #BD4658 #93BD46

split-complementary

#46BDAB #BD4693 #BD6F46

monochromatic

#24655B #349284 #46BDAB #73CDBF #A0DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#46BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDAB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDAB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c4',
    500: '#46bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdab;
$custom-light: #87d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.924,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDAB

secondary

#CA959D

accent

#5165D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDAB

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

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