#46C9C8#46C9C8

#46C9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9C8
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -35.06, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 36.45, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.1084 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.112 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8331, 47.2417, 61.9679)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9C8 #C94647

analogous

#46C986 #46C9C8 #4688C9

triadic

#46C9C8 #C846C9 #C9C846

tetradic

#46C9C8 #8646C9 #C94647 #88C946

square

#46C9C8 #8646C9 #C94647 #88C946

split-complementary

#46C9C8 #C94688 #C98646

monochromatic

#227372 #2FA2A2 #46C9C8 #75D7D6 #A5E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#46C9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#46C9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9C8

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9C8	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adad8',
    500: '#46c9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9c8;
$custom-light: #8adad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.542,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76571,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9C8

secondary

#D2999A

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9C8

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

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