#46BCAE#46BCAE

#46BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.107 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCAE
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -36.12, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 36.22, 184.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1064 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.107 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1455, 40.3215, 46.3357)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCAE #BC4654

analogous

#46BC73 #46BCAE #468FBC

triadic

#46BCAE #AE46BC #BCAE46

tetradic

#46BCAE #7346BC #BC4654 #8FBC46

square

#46BCAE #7346BC #BC4654 #8FBC46

split-complementary

#46BCAE #BC468F #BC7346

monochromatic

#24645C #349086 #46BCAE #73CCC2 #A0DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#46BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#46BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCAE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCAE	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.107 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c6',
    500: '#46bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcae;
$custom-light: #87d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72553,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCAE

secondary

#C9959B

accent

#5161D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCAE

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

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