#46BCA3#46BCA3

#46BCA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCA3
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 163)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -38.97, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 39.08, 175.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1115 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.112 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1167, 39.9100, 40.9176)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCA3 #BC465F

analogous

#46BC68 #46BCA3 #469ABC

triadic

#46BCA3 #A346BC #BCA346

tetradic

#46BCA3 #6846BC #BC465F #9ABC46

square

#46BCA3 #6846BC #BC465F #9ABC46

split-complementary

#46BCA3 #BC469A #BC6846

monochromatic

#246456 #34907D #46BCA3 #73CCB9 #A0DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46BCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#46BCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCA3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCA3	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)

#B5B1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1be',
    500: '#46bca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bca3;
$custom-light: #86d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.288,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72218,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCA3

secondary

#C995A0

accent

#516ED6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCA3

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

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