#46A996#46A996

#46A996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.097 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A996
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -33.56, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 33.58, 178.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0969 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.097 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2163, 31.8778, 33.8305)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A996 #A94659

analogous

#46A965 #46A996 #468BA9

triadic

#46A996 #9646A9 #A99646

tetradic

#46A996 #6546A9 #A94659 #8BA946

square

#46A996 #6546A9 #A94659 #8BA946

split-complementary

#46A996 #A9468B #A96546

monochromatic

#225249 #347E70 #46A996 #6BC2B1 #96D3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#46A996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#46A996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A996

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A996	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.097 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3b4',
    500: '#46a996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a996;
$custom-light: #83c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.485,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67092,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A996

secondary

#BF8B95

accent

#576ED1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A996

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

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