#46BBC6#46BBC6

#46BBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BBC6
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -28.94, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 32.70, 207.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.095 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.104 204)
XYZ	xyz(30.4848, 40.9166, 59.7062)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BBC6 #C65146

analogous

#46C691 #46BBC6 #467BC6

triadic

#46BBC6 #C646BB #BBC646

tetradic

#46BBC6 #9146C6 #C65146 #7BC646

square

#46BBC6 #9146C6 #C65146 #7BC646

split-complementary

#46BBC6 #C6467B #C69146

monochromatic

#22696F #31959E #46BBC6 #75CCD4 #A4DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#46BBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BBC6

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BBC6	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d7',
    500: '#46bbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bbc6;
$custom-light: #89d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.4092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BBC6

secondary

#D09D98

accent

#584BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BBC6

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

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