#46C8B9#46C8B9

#46C8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C8B9
RGB	rgb(70, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -38.69, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 38.80, 184.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.114 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.114 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9330, 46.1099, 53.1067)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C8B9 #C84655

analogous

#46C878 #46C8B9 #4696C8

triadic

#46C8B9 #B946C8 #C8B946

tetradic

#46C8B9 #7846C8 #C84655 #96C846

square

#46C8B9 #7846C8 #C84655 #96C846

split-complementary

#46C8B9 #C84696 #C87846

monochromatic

#227269 #30A194 #46C8B9 #75D6CB #A4E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#46C8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#46C8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C8B9

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C8B9	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9ce',
    500: '#46c8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c8b9;
$custom-light: #89d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75838,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C8B9

secondary

#D1999F

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C8B9

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

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