#46BCB6#46BCB6

#46BCB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCB6
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -33.96, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 34.62, 191.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1029 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.105 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9487, 40.6428, 50.5661)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCB6 #BC464C

analogous

#46BC7B #46BCB6 #4687BC

triadic

#46BCB6 #B646BC #BCB646

tetradic

#46BCB6 #7B46BC #BC464C #87BC46

square

#46BCB6 #7B46BC #BC464C #87BC46

split-complementary

#46BCB6 #BC4687 #BC7B46

monochromatic

#246460 #34908C #46BCB6 #73CCC8 #A0DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46BCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#46BCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCB6

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCB6	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0cb',
    500: '#46bcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcb6;
$custom-light: #88d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.949,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCB6

secondary

#C99597

accent

#5158D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCB6

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

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