#46C5B4#46C5B4

#46C5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5B4
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 180)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -38.65, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 38.69, 182.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.1131 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.113 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7264, 44.5265, 50.1463)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5B4 #C54657

analogous

#46C575 #46C5B4 #4696C5

triadic

#46C5B4 #B446C5 #C5B446

tetradic

#46C5B4 #7546C5 #C54657 #96C546

square

#46C5B4 #7546C5 #C54657 #96C546

split-complementary

#46C5B4 #C54696 #C57546

monochromatic

#236E64 #319D8E #46C5B4 #75D4C7 #A3E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#46C5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#46C5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5B4

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5B4	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)

#BCBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7ca',
    500: '#46c5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5b4;
$custom-light: #89d7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.969,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74949,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5B4

secondary

#CF989F

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5B4

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

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