#46A599#46A599

#46A599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.091 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A599
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(172, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -30.88, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 30.96, 184.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.091 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.091 184)
XYZ	xyz(21.7281, 30.5101, 34.8748)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A599 #A54652

analogous

#46A569 #46A599 #4681A5

triadic

#46A599 #9946A5 #A59946

tetradic

#46A599 #6946A5 #A54652 #81A546

square

#46A599 #6946A5 #A54652 #81A546

split-complementary

#46A599 #A54681 #A56946

monochromatic

#224F49 #347A71 #46A599 #69BFB4 #94D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#46A599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#46A599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A599

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A599	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.091 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0b7',
    500: '#46a599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a599;
$custom-light: #83c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.421,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66187,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.30512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A599

secondary

#BD8990

accent

#5867D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A599

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

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