#46A997#46A997

#46A997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.096 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A997
RGB	rgb(70, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -33.30, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 33.31, 178.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0964 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.096 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2971, 31.9102, 34.2564)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A997 #A94658

analogous

#46A966 #46A997 #468AA9

triadic

#46A997 #9746A9 #A99746

tetradic

#46A997 #6646A9 #A94658 #8AA946

square

#46A997 #6646A9 #A94658 #8AA946

split-complementary

#46A997 #A9468A #A96646

monochromatic

#22524A #347E70 #46A997 #6BC2B2 #96D3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#46A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#46A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A997

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A997	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#A2A096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.096 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3b5',
    500: '#46a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a997;
$custom-light: #83c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67123,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A997

secondary

#BF8B95

accent

#576DD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A997

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

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