#46BEA8#46BEA8

#46BEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BEA8
RGB	rgb(70, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -38.60, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 38.62, 178.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1113 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.111 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0038, 40.9532, 43.4671)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BEA8 #BE465C

analogous

#46BE6C #46BEA8 #4698BE

triadic

#46BEA8 #A846BE #BEA846

tetradic

#46BEA8 #6C46BE #BE465C #98BE46

square

#46BEA8 #6C46BE #BE465C #98BE46

split-complementary

#46BEA8 #BE4698 #BE6C46

monochromatic

#24665A #349382 #46BEA8 #73CEBD #A1DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#46BEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#46BEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BEA8

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BEA8	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)

#B7B3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2c1',
    500: '#46bea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bea8;
$custom-light: #87d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72862,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BEA8

secondary

#CA959F

accent

#5069D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BEA8

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

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