#46BCBE#46BCBE

#46BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCBE
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -31.73, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 33.50, 198.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0994 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.104 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7992, 40.9830, 55.0453)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCBE #BE4846

analogous

#46BE84 #46BCBE #4680BE

triadic

#46BCBE #BE46BC #BCBE46

tetradic

#46BCBE #8446BE #BE4846 #80BE46

square

#46BCBE #8446BE #BE4846 #80BE46

split-complementary

#46BCBE #BE4680 #BE8446

monochromatic

#246566 #349293 #46BCBE #73CCCE #A1DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#46BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#46BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCBE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCBE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d1',
    500: '#46bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcbe;
$custom-light: #88d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73086,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCBE

secondary

#CA9695

accent

#5250D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCBE

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

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