#46BCC1#46BCC1

#46BCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.104 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCC1
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -30.87, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 33.22, 201.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0981 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.104 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1305, 41.1155, 56.7899)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCC1 #C14B46

analogous

#46C189 #46BCC1 #467FC1

triadic

#46BCC1 #C146BC #BCC146

tetradic

#46BCC1 #8946C1 #C14B46 #7FC146

square

#46BCC1 #8946C1 #C14B46 #7FC146

split-complementary

#46BCC1 #C1467F #C18946

monochromatic

#236669 #339397 #46BCC1 #74CDD0 #A2DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#46BCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#46BCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCC1

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCC1	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.104 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0d3',
    500: '#46bcc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcc1;
$custom-light: #88d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.439,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73191,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCC1

secondary

#CC9996

accent

#544ED9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCC1

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

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