#46A59F#46A59F

#46A59F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.090 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A59F
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 159)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, -29.26, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 29.74, 190.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0883 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.09 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2362, 30.7133, 37.5506)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A59F #A5464C

analogous

#46A56F #46A59F #467BA5

triadic

#46A59F #9F46A5 #A59F46

tetradic

#46A59F #6F46A5 #A5464C #7BA546

square

#46A59F #6F46A5 #A5464C #7BA546

split-complementary

#46A59F #A5467B #A56F46

monochromatic

#224F4C #347A76 #46A59F #69BFBA #94D2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#46A59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#46A59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A59F

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A59F	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.090 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0bb',
    500: '#46a59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a59f;
$custom-light: #83c0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.211,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66384,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A59F

secondary

#BD898D

accent

#585FD0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A59F

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

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