#46BCB0#46BCB0

#46BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCB0
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -35.59, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 35.78, 185.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1055 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.106 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3419, 40.4001, 47.3702)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCB0 #BC4652

analogous

#46BC75 #46BCB0 #468DBC

triadic

#46BCB0 #B046BC #BCB046

tetradic

#46BCB0 #7546BC #BC4652 #8DBC46

square

#46BCB0 #7546BC #BC4652 #8DBC46

split-complementary

#46BCB0 #BC468D #BC7546

monochromatic

#24645D #349087 #46BCB0 #73CCC3 #A0DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#46BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCB0

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCB0	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c7',
    500: '#46bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcb0;
$custom-light: #87d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72617,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCB0

secondary

#C9959A

accent

#515FD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCB0

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

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