#46BCB4#46BCB4

#46BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCB4
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -34.50, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 34.98, 189.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1038 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.105 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7435, 40.5607, 49.4853)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCB4 #BC464E

analogous

#46BC79 #46BCB4 #4689BC

triadic

#46BCB4 #B446BC #BCB446

tetradic

#46BCB4 #7946BC #BC464E #89BC46

square

#46BCB4 #7946BC #BC464E #89BC46

split-complementary

#46BCB4 #BC4689 #BC7946

monochromatic

#24645F #34908A #46BCB4 #73CCC6 #A0DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#46BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCB4

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCB4	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ca',
    500: '#46bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcb4;
$custom-light: #87d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72747,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCB4

secondary

#C99598

accent

#515AD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCB4

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

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