#46BCA8#46BCA8

#46BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCA8
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -37.69, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 37.69, 179.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.1092 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.109 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5736, 40.0927, 43.3237)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCA8 #BC465A

analogous

#46BC6D #46BCA8 #4695BC

triadic

#46BCA8 #A846BC #BCA846

tetradic

#46BCA8 #6D46BC #BC465A #95BC46

square

#46BCA8 #6D46BC #BC465A #95BC46

split-complementary

#46BCA8 #BC4695 #BC6D46

monochromatic

#246459 #349081 #46BCA8 #73CCBD #A0DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#46BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCA8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCA8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c1',
    500: '#46bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bca8;
$custom-light: #87d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.831,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72367,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCA8

secondary

#C9959E

accent

#5168D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCA8

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

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