#46C9CB#46C9CB

#46C9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.112 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9CB
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -34.22, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 36.09, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.1071 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.112 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1871, 47.3833, 63.8325)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9CB #CB4846

analogous

#46CB8A #46C9CB #4686CB

triadic

#46C9CB #CB46C9 #C9CB46

tetradic

#46C9CB #8A46CB #CB4846 #86CB46

square

#46C9CB #8A46CB #CB4846 #86CB46

split-complementary

#46C9CB #CB4686 #CB8A46

monochromatic

#217476 #2EA4A5 #46C9CB #76D7D8 #A6E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#46C9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#46C9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9CB

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9CB	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.112 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdada',
    500: '#46c9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9cb;
$custom-light: #8bdada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76674,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9CB

secondary

#D39B9A

accent

#4B48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9CB

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

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