#46BCB5#46BCB5

#46BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCB5
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -34.23, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 34.79, 190.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.1033 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.105 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8458, 40.6016, 50.0238)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCB5 #BC464D

analogous

#46BC7A #46BCB5 #4688BC

triadic

#46BCB5 #B546BC #BCB546

tetradic

#46BCB5 #7A46BC #BC464D #88BC46

square

#46BCB5 #7A46BC #BC464D #88BC46

split-complementary

#46BCB5 #BC4688 #BC7A46

monochromatic

#246460 #34908B #46BCB5 #73CCC7 #A0DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#46BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCB5

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCB5	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0cb',
    500: '#46bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcb5;
$custom-light: #87d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.441,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCB5

secondary

#C99598

accent

#5159D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCB5

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

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