#46BDC0#46BDC0

#46BDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.104 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDC0
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -31.64, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 33.60, 199.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0996 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.104 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2336, 41.4998, 56.2758)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDC0 #C04946

analogous

#46C086 #46BDC0 #4680C0

triadic

#46BDC0 #C046BD #BDC046

tetradic

#46BDC0 #8646C0 #C04946 #80C046

square

#46BDC0 #8646C0 #C04946 #80C046

split-complementary

#46BDC0 #C04680 #C08646

monochromatic

#236668 #339396 #46BDC0 #74CDD0 #A1DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#46BDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#46BDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDC0

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDC0	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.104 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d3',
    500: '#46bdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdc0;
$custom-light: #88d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73398,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDC0

secondary

#CC9796

accent

#524FD9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDC0

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

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