#46BCA2#46BCA2

#46BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCA2
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -39.22, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 39.37, 175.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1119 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.112 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0275, 39.8743, 40.4475)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCA2 #BC4660

analogous

#46BC67 #46BCA2 #469BBC

triadic

#46BCA2 #A246BC #BCA246

tetradic

#46BCA2 #6746BC #BC4660 #9BBC46

square

#46BCA2 #6746BC #BC4660 #9BBC46

split-complementary

#46BCA2 #BC469B #BC6746

monochromatic

#246456 #34907C #46BCA2 #73CCB9 #A0DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#46BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCA2

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCA2	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1bd',
    500: '#46bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bca2;
$custom-light: #86d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.78,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72189,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCA2

secondary

#C995A0

accent

#516FD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCA2

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

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