#46BDB2#46BDB2

#46BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDB2
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -35.51, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 35.77, 186.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.1057 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.106 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7556, 40.9085, 48.4915)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDB2 #BD4651

analogous

#46BD76 #46BDB2 #468CBD

triadic

#46BDB2 #B246BD #BDB246

tetradic

#46BDB2 #7646BD #BD4651 #8CBD46

square

#46BDB2 #7646BD #BD4651 #8CBD46

split-complementary

#46BDB2 #BD468C #BD7646

monochromatic

#24655F #349289 #46BDB2 #73CDC5 #A0DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#46BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDB2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDB2	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c9',
    500: '#46bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdb2;
$custom-light: #87d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.454,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72926,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDB2

secondary

#CA959A

accent

#515DD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDB2

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

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