#46BCA6#46BCA6

#46BCA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCA6
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -38.21, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 38.23, 177.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1101 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.11 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3887, 40.0188, 42.3500)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCA6 #BC465C

analogous

#46BC6B #46BCA6 #4697BC

triadic

#46BCA6 #A646BC #BCA646

tetradic

#46BCA6 #6B46BC #BC465C #97BC46

square

#46BCA6 #6B46BC #BC465C #97BC46

split-complementary

#46BCA6 #BC4697 #BC6B46

monochromatic

#246458 #34907F #46BCA6 #73CCBC #A0DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46BCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#46BCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCA6

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCA6	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)

#B5B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c0',
    500: '#46bca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bca6;
$custom-light: #87d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.814,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCA6

secondary

#C9959E

accent

#516AD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCA6

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

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