#46C4CC#46C4CC

#46C4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.109 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4CC
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -31.56, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 34.60, 204.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.1016 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.109 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1601, 45.1379, 64.0799)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4CC #CC4E46

analogous

#46CC91 #46C4CC #4681CC

triadic

#46C4CC #CC46C4 #C4CC46

tetradic

#46C4CC #9146CC #CC4E46 #81CC46

square

#46C4CC #9146CC #CC4E46 #81CC46

split-complementary

#46C4CC #CC4681 #CC9146

monochromatic

#217277 #2EA0A7 #46C4CC #76D3D9 #A6E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#46C4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#46C4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4CC

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4CC	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.109 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6db',
    500: '#46c4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4cc;
$custom-light: #8ad6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.582,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7551,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4CC

secondary

#D49E9A

accent

#5148E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4CC

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

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