#46A596#46A596

#46A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.092 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A596
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -31.67, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 31.68, 181.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.0924 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.092 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4835, 30.4123, 33.5862)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A596 #A54655

analogous

#46A566 #46A596 #4684A5

triadic

#46A596 #9646A5 #A59646

tetradic

#46A596 #6646A5 #A54655 #84A546

square

#46A596 #6646A5 #A54655 #84A546

split-complementary

#46A596 #A54684 #A56646

monochromatic

#224F48 #347A6F #46A596 #69BFB2 #94D2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#46A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#46A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A596

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A596	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.092 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0b4',
    500: '#46a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a596;
$custom-light: #83c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66091,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A596

secondary

#BD8992

accent

#586BD0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A596

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

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