#46C3B4#46C3B4

#46C3B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C3B4
RGB	rgb(70, 195, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -37.74, -2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 37.83, 183.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1111 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.111 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2753, 43.6243, 49.9959)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C3B4 #C34655

analogous

#46C376 #46C3B4 #4694C3

triadic

#46C3B4 #B446C3 #C3B446

tetradic

#46C3B4 #7646C3 #C34655 #94C346

square

#46C3B4 #7646C3 #C34655 #94C346

split-complementary

#46C3B4 #C34694 #C37646

monochromatic

#236C63 #329A8D #46C3B4 #74D2C7 #A2E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#46C3B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#46C3B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C3B4

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C3B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C3B4	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c3b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 195, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6ca',
    500: '#46c3b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c3b4;
$custom-light: #88d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c3b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7446,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C3B4

secondary

#CE979E

accent

#4D5EDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C3B4

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

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