#46BDAE#46BDAE

#46BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDAE
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -36.58, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 36.65, 183.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1075 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.108 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3598, 40.7502, 46.4072)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDAE #BD4655

analogous

#46BD72 #46BDAE #4690BD

triadic

#46BDAE #AE46BD #BDAE46

tetradic

#46BDAE #7246BD #BD4655 #90BD46

square

#46BDAE #7246BD #BD4655 #90BD46

split-complementary

#46BDAE #BD4690 #BD7246

monochromatic

#24655D #349286 #46BDAE #73CDC2 #A0DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#46BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDAE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDAE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c6',
    500: '#46bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdae;
$custom-light: #87d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.437,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDAE

secondary

#CA959C

accent

#5162D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDAE

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

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