#46BDAD#46BDAD

#46BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDAD
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -36.84, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 36.88, 182.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1079 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.108 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2627, 40.7114, 45.8957)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDAD #BD4656

analogous

#46BD71 #46BDAD #4691BD

triadic

#46BDAD #AD46BD #BDAD46

tetradic

#46BDAD #7146BD #BD4656 #91BD46

square

#46BDAD #7146BD #BD4656 #91BD46

split-complementary

#46BDAD #BD4691 #BD7146

monochromatic

#24655C #349285 #46BDAD #73CDC1 #A0DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#46BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDAD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDAD	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)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c5',
    500: '#46bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdad;
$custom-light: #87d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.933,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72768,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDAD

secondary

#CA959C

accent

#5163D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDAD

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

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