#46BDAC#46BDAC

#46BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDAC
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -37.11, -1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 37.13, 181.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1084 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.108 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1663, 40.6728, 45.3880)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDAC #BD4657

analogous

#46BD71 #46BDAC #4692BD

triadic

#46BDAC #AC46BD #BDAC46

tetradic

#46BDAC #7146BD #BD4657 #92BD46

square

#46BDAC #7146BD #BD4657 #92BD46

split-complementary

#46BDAC #BD4692 #BD7146

monochromatic

#24655B #349284 #46BDAC #73CDC0 #A0DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#46BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDAC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDAC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 182.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDAC

secondary

#CA959D

accent

#5164D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDAC

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

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