#46BDB0#46BDB0

#46BDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDB0
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -36.05, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 36.19, 185.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1066 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.107 185)
XYZ	xyz(28.5563, 40.8288, 47.4417)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDB0 #BD4653

analogous

#46BD74 #46BDB0 #468EBD

triadic

#46BDB0 #B046BD #BDB046

tetradic

#46BDB0 #7446BD #BD4653 #8EBD46

square

#46BDB0 #7446BD #BD4653 #8EBD46

split-complementary

#46BDB0 #BD468E #BD7446

monochromatic

#24655E #349288 #46BDB0 #73CDC3 #A0DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#46BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDB0

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDB0	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c7',
    500: '#46bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdb0;
$custom-light: #87d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.445,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72862,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.40832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDB0

secondary

#CA959B

accent

#515FD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDB0

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

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