#46C9CC#46C9CC

#46C9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.112 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9CC
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -33.93, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 35.98, 199.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.1067 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.112 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3067, 47.4312, 64.4621)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9CC #CC4946

analogous

#46CC8C #46C9CC #4686CC

triadic

#46C9CC #CC46C9 #C9CC46

tetradic

#46C9CC #8C46CC #CC4946 #86CC46

square

#46C9CC #8C46CC #CC4946 #86CC46

split-complementary

#46C9CC #CC4686 #CC8C46

monochromatic

#217577 #2EA4A7 #46C9CC #76D7D9 #A6E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#46C9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#46C9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9CC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9CC	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.112 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdadb',
    500: '#46c9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9cc;
$custom-light: #8bdadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76709,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9CC

secondary

#D49C9A

accent

#4B48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →