#46BCB3#46BCB3

#46BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCB3
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -34.78, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 35.17, 188.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1042 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.105 188)
XYZ	xyz(28.6420, 40.5201, 48.9508)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCB3 #BC464F

analogous

#46BC78 #46BCB3 #468ABC

triadic

#46BCB3 #B346BC #BCB346

tetradic

#46BCB3 #7846BC #BC464F #8ABC46

square

#46BCB3 #7846BC #BC464F #8ABC46

split-complementary

#46BCB3 #BC468A #BC7846

monochromatic

#24645F #349089 #46BCB3 #73CCC5 #A0DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#46BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#46BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCB3

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCB3	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0c9',
    500: '#46bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcb3;
$custom-light: #87d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.424,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72714,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.40523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCB3

secondary

#C99599

accent

#515BD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCB3

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

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