#46BDBA#46BDBA

#46BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDBA
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -33.32, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 34.34, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.1022 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.105 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5824, 41.2392, 52.8458)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDBA #BD4649

analogous

#46BD7E #46BDBA #4684BD

triadic

#46BDBA #BA46BD #BDBA46

tetradic

#46BDBA #7E46BD #BD4649 #84BD46

square

#46BDBA #7E46BD #BD4649 #84BD46

split-complementary

#46BDBA #BD4684 #BD7E46

monochromatic

#246563 #34928F #46BDBA #73CDCB #A0DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#46BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#46BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDBA

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDBA	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1ce',
    500: '#46bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdba;
$custom-light: #88d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73191,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDBA

secondary

#CA9596

accent

#5154D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDBA

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

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