#46C2B2#46C2B2

#46C2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.111 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C2B2
RGB	rgb(70, 194, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -37.81, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 37.87, 183.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.1109 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.111 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8497, 43.0968, 48.8562)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C2B2 #C24656

analogous

#46C274 #46C2B2 #4694C2

triadic

#46C2B2 #B246C2 #C2B246

tetradic

#46C2B2 #7446C2 #C24656 #94C246

square

#46C2B2 #7446C2 #C24656 #94C246

split-complementary

#46C2B2 #C24694 #C27446

monochromatic

#236A61 #32998B #46C2B2 #74D1C5 #A2E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#46C2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#46C2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C2B2

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C2B2	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 194, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.111 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5c9',
    500: '#46c2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c2b2;
$custom-light: #88d5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74152,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C2B2

secondary

#CD979E

accent

#4E60DA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C2B2

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

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