#46C4BD#46C4BD

#46C4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4BD
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -35.77, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 36.40, 190.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.1081 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.11 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4469, 44.4526, 55.0571)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4BD #C4464D

analogous

#46C47E #46C4BD #468CC4

triadic

#46C4BD #BD46C4 #C4BD46

tetradic

#46C4BD #7E46C4 #C4464D #8CC446

square

#46C4BD #7E46C4 #C4464D #8CC446

split-complementary

#46C4BD #C4468C #C47E46

monochromatic

#236D69 #329B95 #46C4BD #74D3CE #A3E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#46C4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#46C4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4BD

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4BD	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6d0',
    500: '#46c4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4bd;
$custom-light: #89d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74993,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4BD

secondary

#CE979A

accent

#4D55DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4BD

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

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