#46C5BC#46C5BC

#46C5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.111 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5BC
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -36.51, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 36.96, 188.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.1096 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.111 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5650, 44.8620, 54.5629)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5BC #C5464F

analogous

#46C57D #46C5BC #468FC5

triadic

#46C5BC #BC46C5 #C5BC46

tetradic

#46C5BC #7D46C5 #C5464F #8FC546

square

#46C5BC #7D46C5 #C5464F #8FC546

split-complementary

#46C5BC #C5468F #C57D46

monochromatic

#236E69 #319D95 #46C5BC #75D4CD #A3E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#46C5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#46C5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5BC

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5BC	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.111 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7d0',
    500: '#46c5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5bc;
$custom-light: #89d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.748,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75203,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5BC

secondary

#CF989C

accent

#4C56DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5BC

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

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