#46BCA1#46BCA1

#46BCA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCA1
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 161)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -39.47, 3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 39.67, 174.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.1124 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.113 175)
XYZ	xyz(26.9389, 39.8389, 39.9813)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCA1 #BC4661

analogous

#46BC66 #46BCA1 #469CBC

triadic

#46BCA1 #A146BC #BCA146

tetradic

#46BCA1 #6646BC #BC4661 #9CBC46

square

#46BCA1 #6646BC #BC4661 #9CBC46

split-complementary

#46BCA1 #BC469C #BC6646

monochromatic

#246455 #34907B #46BCA1 #73CCB8 #A0DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46BCA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#46BCA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCA1

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCA1	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1bc',
    500: '#46bca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bca1;
$custom-light: #86d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.271,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.39842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCA1

secondary

#C995A1

accent

#5170D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCA1

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

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