#46C8CA#46C8CA

#46C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.111 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C8CA
RGB	rgb(70, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -34.03, -11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 35.89, 198.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.1066 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.111 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8360, 46.8711, 63.1295)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C8CA #CA4846

analogous

#46CA8A #46C8CA #4686CA

triadic

#46C8CA #CA46C8 #C8CA46

tetradic

#46C8CA #8A46CA #CA4846 #86CA46

square

#46C8CA #8A46CA #CA4846 #86CA46

split-complementary

#46C8CA #CA4686 #CA8A46

monochromatic

#217374 #2FA2A4 #46C8CA #76D6D8 #A5E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#46C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#46C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C8CA

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C8CA	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.111 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9da',
    500: '#46c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c8ca;
$custom-light: #8ad9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.909,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76399,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C8CA

secondary

#D29A9A

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C8CA

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

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