#46BCAB#46BCAB

#46BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCAB
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -36.91, -1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 36.93, 181.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1078 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.108 182)
XYZ	xyz(27.8563, 40.2058, 44.8126)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCAB #BC4657

analogous

#46BC70 #46BCAB #4692BC

triadic

#46BCAB #AB46BC #BCAB46

tetradic

#46BCAB #7046BC #BC4657 #92BC46

square

#46BCAB #7046BC #BC4657 #92BC46

split-complementary

#46BCAB #BC4692 #BC7046

monochromatic

#24645A #349083 #46BCAB #73CCBF #A0DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#46BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#46BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCAB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCAB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c3',
    500: '#46bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcab;
$custom-light: #87d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.356,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72459,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.40209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCAB

secondary

#C9959C

accent

#5165D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCAB

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

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