#46BCB9#46BCB9

#46BCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCB9
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -33.13, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 34.14, 193.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1016 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.104 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2621, 40.7681, 52.2164)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCB9 #BC4649

analogous

#46BC7E #46BCB9 #4684BC

triadic

#46BCB9 #B946BC #BCB946

tetradic

#46BCB9 #7E46BC #BC4649 #84BC46

square

#46BCB9 #7E46BC #BC4649 #84BC46

split-complementary

#46BCB9 #BC4684 #BC7E46

monochromatic

#246462 #34908E #46BCB9 #73CCCA #A0DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#46BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCB9

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCB9	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0ce',
    500: '#46bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcb9;
$custom-light: #88d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.475,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72913,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCB9

secondary

#C99596

accent

#5155D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCB9

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

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