#46AD99#46AD99

#46AD99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.100 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AD99
RGB	rgb(70, 173, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 11.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -34.66, 1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 34.69, 177.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0999 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.1 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2165, 33.4868, 35.3709)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AD99 #AD465A

analogous

#46AD66 #46AD99 #468DAD

triadic

#46AD99 #9946AD #AD9946

tetradic

#46AD99 #6646AD #AD465A #8DAD46

square

#46AD99 #6646AD #AD465A #8DAD46

split-complementary

#46AD99 #AD468D #AD6646

monochromatic

#23564C #348172 #46AD99 #6CC4B3 #98D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#46AD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#46AD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AD99

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AD99	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97989B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46ad99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 173, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.100 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6b7',
    500: '#46ad99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46ad99;
$custom-light: #84c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46ad99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.35,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68184,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AD99

secondary

#C18D98

accent

#566ED2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AD99

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

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