#46BCBC#46BCBC

#46BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCBC
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -32.29, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 33.73, 196.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.1003 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.104 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5821, 40.8962, 53.9019)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCBC #BC4646

analogous

#46BC81 #46BCBC #4681BC

triadic

#46BCBC #BC46BC #BCBC46

tetradic

#46BCBC #8146BC #BC4646 #81BC46

square

#46BCBC #8146BC #BC4646 #81BC46

split-complementary

#46BCBC #BC4681 #BC8146

monochromatic

#246464 #349090 #46BCBC #73CCCC #A0DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#46BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCBC

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCBC	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d0',
    500: '#46bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcbc;
$custom-light: #88d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73016,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCBC

secondary

#C99595

accent

#5151D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCBC

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

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