#46BCA5#46BCA5

#46BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCA5
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -38.46, 1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 38.51, 177.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1105 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.111 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2973, 39.9822, 41.8688)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCA5 #BC465D

analogous

#46BC6A #46BCA5 #4698BC

triadic

#46BCA5 #A546BC #BCA546

tetradic

#46BCA5 #6A46BC #BC465D #98BC46

square

#46BCA5 #6A46BC #BC465D #98BC46

split-complementary

#46BCA5 #BC4698 #BC6A46

monochromatic

#246457 #34907F #46BCA5 #73CCBB #A0DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#46BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCA5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCA5	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1bf',
    500: '#46bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bca5;
$custom-light: #86d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.305,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCA5

secondary

#C9959F

accent

#516BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCA5

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

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