#46C4BF#46C4BF

#46C4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.109 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4BF
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -35.23, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 36.06, 192.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.1072 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.109 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6655, 44.5400, 56.2084)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4BF #C4464B

analogous

#46C480 #46C4BF #468AC4

triadic

#46C4BF #BF46C4 #C4BF46

tetradic

#46C4BF #8046C4 #C4464B #8AC446

square

#46C4BF #8046C4 #C4464B #8AC446

split-complementary

#46C4BF #C4468A #C48046

monochromatic

#236D6A #329B97 #46C4BF #74D3CF #A3E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#46C4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#46C4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4BF

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4BF	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.109 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6d2',
    500: '#46c4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4bf;
$custom-light: #89d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.619,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75059,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4BF

secondary

#CE979A

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4BF

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

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