#46C5B2#46C5B2

#46C5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5B2
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -39.17, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 39.18, 181.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.114 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.114 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5241, 44.4456, 49.0810)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5B2 #C54659

analogous

#46C573 #46C5B2 #4698C5

triadic

#46C5B2 #B246C5 #C5B246

tetradic

#46C5B2 #7346C5 #C54659 #98C546

square

#46C5B2 #7346C5 #C54659 #98C546

split-complementary

#46C5B2 #C54698 #C57346

monochromatic

#236E63 #319D8D #46C5B2 #75D4C5 #A3E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#46C5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#46C5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5B2

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5B2	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)

#BCBAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7c9',
    500: '#46c5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5b2;
$custom-light: #88d7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.024,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74888,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5B2

secondary

#CF98A0

accent

#4C62DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5B2

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

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