#46BCAD#46BCAD

#46BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCAD
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -36.38, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 36.45, 183.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1069 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.107 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0484, 40.2827, 45.8242)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCAD #BC4655

analogous

#46BC72 #46BCAD #4690BC

triadic

#46BCAD #AD46BC #BCAD46

tetradic

#46BCAD #7246BC #BC4655 #90BC46

square

#46BCAD #7246BC #BC4655 #90BC46

split-complementary

#46BCAD #BC4690 #BC7246

monochromatic

#24645B #349085 #46BCAD #73CCC1 #A0DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#46BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#46BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCAD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCAD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c5',
    500: '#46bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcad;
$custom-light: #87d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.373,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCAD

secondary

#C9959B

accent

#5162D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCAD

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

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