#46BCC5#46BCC5

#46BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BCC5
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -29.72, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 32.97, 205.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0964 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.104 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5827, 41.2964, 59.1717)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BCC5 #C54F46

analogous

#46C58F #46BCC5 #467DC5

triadic

#46BCC5 #C546BC #BCC546

tetradic

#46BCC5 #8F46C5 #C54F46 #7DC546

square

#46BCC5 #8F46C5 #C54F46 #7DC546

split-complementary

#46BCC5 #C5467D #C58F46

monochromatic

#23696E #31959D #46BCC5 #75CDD4 #A3DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#46BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#46BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BCC5

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BCC5	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d6',
    500: '#46bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bcc5;
$custom-light: #89d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.252,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BCC5

secondary

#CF9C98

accent

#564CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BCC5

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

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