#46C6BD#46C6BD

#46C6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C6BD
RGB	rgb(70, 198, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 4.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -36.70, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 37.16, 189.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.1102 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.111 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9010, 45.3609, 55.2085)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C6BD #C6464F

analogous

#46C67D #46C6BD #468FC6

triadic

#46C6BD #BD46C6 #C6BD46

tetradic

#46C6BD #7D46C6 #C6464F #8FC646

square

#46C6BD #7D46C6 #C6464F #8FC646

split-complementary

#46C6BD #C6468F #C67D46

monochromatic

#226F6A #319E96 #46C6BD #75D4CE #A4E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#46C6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#46C6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C6BD

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C6BD	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 198, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8d0',
    500: '#46c6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c6bd;
$custom-light: #89d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.781,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75479,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C6BD

secondary

#D0989C

accent

#4B56DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C6BD

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

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