#46BDB3#46BDB3

#46BDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDB3
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -35.24, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 35.56, 187.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.1053 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.106 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8564, 40.9488, 49.0222)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDB3 #BD4650

analogous

#46BD77 #46BDB3 #468BBD

triadic

#46BDB3 #B346BD #BDB346

tetradic

#46BDB3 #7746BD #BD4650 #8BBD46

square

#46BDB3 #7746BD #BD4650 #8BBD46

split-complementary

#46BDB3 #BD468B #BD7746

monochromatic

#24655F #34928A #46BDB3 #73CDC6 #A0DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#46BDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#46BDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDB3

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDB3	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c9',
    500: '#46bdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdb3;
$custom-light: #87d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.958,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72959,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDB3

secondary

#CA9599

accent

#515CD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDB3

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

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