#46BCB1#46BCB1

#46BCB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCB1
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -35.32, -4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 35.57, 186.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1051 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.106 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4412, 40.4398, 47.8932)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCB1 #BC4651

analogous

#46BC76 #46BCB1 #468CBC

triadic

#46BCB1 #B146BC #BCB146

tetradic

#46BCB1 #7646BC #BC4651 #8CBC46

square

#46BCB1 #7646BC #BC4651 #8CBC46

split-complementary

#46BCB1 #BC468C #BC7646

monochromatic

#24645E #349088 #46BCB1 #73CCC4 #A0DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46BCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#46BCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCB1

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCB1	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c8',
    500: '#46bcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcb1;
$custom-light: #87d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.407,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72649,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCB1

secondary

#C9959A

accent

#515ED6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCB1

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

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