#46BCAF#46BCAF

#46BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCAF
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -35.85, -3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 35.99, 185.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.106 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.106 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2433, 40.3606, 46.8511)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCAF #BC4653

analogous

#46BC74 #46BCAF #468EBC

triadic

#46BCAF #AF46BC #BCAF46

tetradic

#46BCAF #7446BC #BC4653 #8EBC46

square

#46BCAF #7446BC #BC4653 #8EBC46

split-complementary

#46BCAF #BC468E #BC7446

monochromatic

#24645D #349086 #46BCAF #73CCC2 #A0DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#46BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCAF

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCAF	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 184.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.39,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCAF

secondary

#C9959A

accent

#5160D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCAF

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

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