#46AC9E#46AC9E

#46AC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.097 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AC9E
RGB	rgb(70, 172, 158)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -32.89, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 32.93, 182.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0965 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.097 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4471, 33.2734, 37.5279)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AC9E #AC4654

analogous

#46AC6B #46AC9E #4687AC

triadic

#46AC9E #9E46AC #AC9E46

tetradic

#46AC9E #6B46AC #AC4654 #87AC46

square

#46AC9E #6B46AC #AC4654 #87AC46

split-complementary

#46AC9E #AC4687 #AC6B46

monochromatic

#23554E #348176 #46AC9E #6CC3B7 #98D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#46AC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#46AC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AC9E

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AC9E	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46ac9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 172, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.097 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5ba',
    500: '#46ac9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46ac9e;
$custom-light: #84c5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46ac9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6809,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AC9E

secondary

#C18D94

accent

#5667D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AC9E

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