#46BDBE#46BDBE

#46BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDBE
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -32.20, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 33.82, 197.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1004 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.104 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0136, 41.4117, 55.1167)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDBE #BE4746

analogous

#46BE83 #46BDBE #4681BE

triadic

#46BDBE #BE46BD #BDBE46

tetradic

#46BDBE #8346BE #BE4746 #81BE46

square

#46BDBE #8346BE #BE4746 #81BE46

split-complementary

#46BDBE #BE4681 #BE8346

monochromatic

#246566 #349293 #46BDBE #73CDCE #A1DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#46BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#46BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDBE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDBE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d1',
    500: '#46bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdbe;
$custom-light: #88d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73328,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDBE

secondary

#CA9695

accent

#5150D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDBE

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

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