#46BCBA#46BCBA

#46BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCBA
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -32.85, -8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 34.00, 194.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1011 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.104 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3680, 40.8105, 52.7743)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCBA #BC4648

analogous

#46BC7F #46BCBA #4683BC

triadic

#46BCBA #BA46BC #BCBA46

tetradic

#46BCBA #7F46BC #BC4648 #83BC46

square

#46BCBA #7F46BC #BC4648 #83BC46

split-complementary

#46BCBA #BC4683 #BC7F46

monochromatic

#246462 #34908F #46BCBA #73CCCB #A0DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#46BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCBA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCBA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 193.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72947,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCBA

secondary

#C99596

accent

#5154D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCBA

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

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