#46C5BE#46C5BE

#46C5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.110 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5BE
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -35.97, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 36.59, 190.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.1087 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.11 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7821, 44.9488, 55.7062)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5BE #C5464D

analogous

#46C57F #46C5BE #468CC5

triadic

#46C5BE #BE46C5 #C5BE46

tetradic

#46C5BE #7F46C5 #C5464D #8CC546

square

#46C5BE #7F46C5 #C5464D #8CC546

split-complementary

#46C5BE #C5468C #C57F46

monochromatic

#236E6A #319D97 #46C5BE #75D4CE #A3E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#46C5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#46C5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5BE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5BE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.110 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7d1',
    500: '#46c5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5be;
$custom-light: #89d7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.693,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75269,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5BE

secondary

#CF989B

accent

#4C54DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5BE

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

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