#46BDBC#46BDBC

#46BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDBC
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -32.77, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 34.06, 195.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.1013 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.105 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7965, 41.3249, 53.9734)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDBC #BD4647

analogous

#46BD80 #46BDBC #4682BD

triadic

#46BDBC #BC46BD #BDBC46

tetradic

#46BDBC #8046BD #BD4647 #82BD46

square

#46BDBC #8046BD #BD4647 #82BD46

split-complementary

#46BDBC #BD4682 #BD8046

monochromatic

#246564 #349291 #46BDBC #73CDCC #A0DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#46BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#46BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDBC

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDBC	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d0',
    500: '#46bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdbc;
$custom-light: #88d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.496,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73259,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDBC

secondary

#CA9595

accent

#5152D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDBC

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

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