#46BCBF#46BCBF

#46BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCBF
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -31.44, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 33.40, 199.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.099 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.104 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9089, 41.0269, 55.6228)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCBF #BF4946

analogous

#46BF85 #46BCBF #467FBF

triadic

#46BCBF #BF46BC #BCBF46

tetradic

#46BCBF #8546BF #BF4946 #7FBF46

square

#46BCBF #8546BF #BF4946 #7FBF46

split-complementary

#46BCBF #BF467F #BF8546

monochromatic

#246567 #339294 #46BCBF #73CCCF #A1DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#46BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#46BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCBF

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCBF	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d2',
    500: '#46bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcbf;
$custom-light: #88d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73121,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCBF

secondary

#CB9796

accent

#5350D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCBF

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

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