#46C0B4#46C0B4

#46C0B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C0B4
RGB	rgb(70, 192, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 6.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -36.36, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 36.58, 186.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.1079 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.109 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6099, 42.2934, 49.7741)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C0B4 #C04652

analogous

#46C077 #46C0B4 #468FC0

triadic

#46C0B4 #B446C0 #C0B446

tetradic

#46C0B4 #7746C0 #C04652 #8FC046

square

#46C0B4 #7746C0 #C04652 #8FC046

split-complementary

#46C0B4 #C0468F #C07746

monochromatic

#236861 #33968C #46C0B4 #74D0C7 #A1DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#46C0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#46C0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C0B4

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C0B4	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 192, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3ca',
    500: '#46c0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c0b4;
$custom-light: #88d3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.098,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73725,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C0B4

secondary

#CC969B

accent

#4F5DD9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C0B4

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

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