#46BCAC#46BCAC

#46BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCAC
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -36.65, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 36.69, 182.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1073 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.107 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9520, 40.2441, 45.3165)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCAC #BC4656

analogous

#46BC71 #46BCAC #4691BC

triadic

#46BCAC #AC46BC #BCAC46

tetradic

#46BCAC #7146BC #BC4656 #91BC46

square

#46BCAC #7146BC #BC4656 #91BC46

split-complementary

#46BCAC #BC4691 #BC7146

monochromatic

#24645B #349084 #46BCAC #73CCC0 #A0DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#46BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#46BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCAC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCAC	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c4',
    500: '#46bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcac;
$custom-light: #87d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCAC

secondary

#C9959C

accent

#5163D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCAC

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

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