#46BCBB#46BCBB

#46BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCBB
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -32.57, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 33.86, 195.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.1007 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.104 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4747, 40.8532, 53.3362)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCBB #BC4647

analogous

#46BC80 #46BCBB #4682BC

triadic

#46BCBB #BB46BC #BCBB46

tetradic

#46BCBB #8046BC #BC4647 #82BC46

square

#46BCBB #8046BC #BC4647 #82BC46

split-complementary

#46BCBB #BC4682 #BC8046

monochromatic

#246463 #349090 #46BCBB #73CCCC #A0DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#46BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCBB

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCBB	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0cf',
    500: '#46bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcbb;
$custom-light: #88d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCBB

secondary

#C99595

accent

#5152D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCBB

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

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