#46BCA9#46BCA9

#46BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCA9
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -37.43, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 37.43, 180.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1087 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.109 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6671, 40.1302, 43.8162)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCA9 #BC4659

analogous

#46BC6E #46BCA9 #4694BC

triadic

#46BCA9 #A946BC #BCA946

tetradic

#46BCA9 #6E46BC #BC4659 #94BC46

square

#46BCA9 #6E46BC #BC4659 #94BC46

split-complementary

#46BCA9 #BC4694 #BC6E46

monochromatic

#246459 #349082 #46BCA9 #73CCBE #A0DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#46BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#46BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCA9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCA9	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c2',
    500: '#46bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bca9;
$custom-light: #87d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.339,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCA9

secondary

#C9959D

accent

#5167D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCA9

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

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