#46BDB8#46BDB8

#46BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.105 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDB8
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -33.88, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 34.65, 192.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.103 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.105 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3712, 41.1548, 51.7339)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDB8 #BD464B

analogous

#46BD7C #46BDB8 #4686BD

triadic

#46BDB8 #B846BD #BDB846

tetradic

#46BDB8 #7C46BD #BD464B #86BD46

square

#46BDB8 #7C46BD #BD464B #86BD46

split-complementary

#46BDB8 #BD4686 #BD7C46

monochromatic

#246562 #34928E #46BDB8 #73CDC9 #A0DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#46BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#46BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDB8

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDB8	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.105 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1cd',
    500: '#46bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdb8;
$custom-light: #88d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73123,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDB8

secondary

#CA9597

accent

#5156D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDB8

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

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