#46A696#46A696

#46A696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.094 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A696
RGB	rgb(70, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -32.15, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 32.15, 180.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0935 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.094 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6646, 30.7744, 33.6466)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A696 #A64656

analogous

#46A666 #46A696 #4686A6

triadic

#46A696 #9646A6 #A69646

tetradic

#46A696 #6646A6 #A64656 #86A646

square

#46A696 #6646A6 #A64656 #86A646

split-complementary

#46A696 #A64686 #A66646

monochromatic

#225048 #347B6F #46A696 #69C0B1 #94D2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#46A696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#46A696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A696

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A696	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.094 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1b4',
    500: '#46a696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a696;
$custom-light: #83c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66341,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A696

secondary

#BE8A93

accent

#576BD1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A696

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

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