#46BCB8#46BCB8

#46BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCB8
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -33.41, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 34.29, 193.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.102 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.104 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1569, 40.7261, 51.6624)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCB8 #BC464A

analogous

#46BC7D #46BCB8 #4685BC

triadic

#46BCB8 #B846BC #BCB846

tetradic

#46BCB8 #7D46BC #BC464A #85BC46

square

#46BCB8 #7D46BC #BC464A #85BC46

split-complementary

#46BCB8 #BC4685 #BC7D46

monochromatic

#246461 #34908D #46BCB8 #73CCC9 #A0DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#46BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#46BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCB8

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCB8	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0cd',
    500: '#46bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcb8;
$custom-light: #88d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7288,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCB8

secondary

#C99596

accent

#5156D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCB8

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

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