#46C4BC#46C4BC

#46C4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4BC
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -36.05, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 36.58, 189.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.1085 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.11 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3387, 44.4093, 54.4875)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4BC #C4464E

analogous

#46C47D #46C4BC #468DC4

triadic

#46C4BC #BC46C4 #C4BC46

tetradic

#46C4BC #7D46C4 #C4464E #8DC446

square

#46C4BC #7D46C4 #C4464E #8DC446

split-complementary

#46C4BC #C4468D #C47D46

monochromatic

#236D68 #329B95 #46C4BC #74D3CD #A3E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#46C4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#46C4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4BC

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4BC	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6d0',
    500: '#46c4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4bc;
$custom-light: #89d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.19,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7496,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4BC

secondary

#CE979B

accent

#4D56DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4BC

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

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