#46BCBD#46BCBD

#46BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCBD
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -32.01, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 33.61, 197.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0998 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.104 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6903, 40.9394, 54.4716)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCBD #BD4746

analogous

#46BD82 #46BCBD #4680BD

triadic

#46BCBD #BD46BC #BCBD46

tetradic

#46BCBD #8246BD #BD4746 #80BD46

square

#46BCBD #8246BD #BD4746 #80BD46

split-complementary

#46BCBD #BD4680 #BD8246

monochromatic

#246465 #349192 #46BCBD #73CCCD #A0DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#46BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#46BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCBD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCBD	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 195.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73051,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCBD

secondary

#CA9595

accent

#5251D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCBD

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

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