#46AE99#46AE99

#46AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.101 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AE99
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -35.12, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 35.17, 176.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.101 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.101 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4090, 33.8717, 35.4351)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AE99 #AE465B

analogous

#46AE65 #46AE99 #468FAE

triadic

#46AE99 #9946AE #AE9946

tetradic

#46AE99 #6546AE #AE465B #8FAE46

square

#46AE99 #6546AE #AE465B #8FAE46

split-complementary

#46AE99 #AE468F #AE6546

monochromatic

#23574C #348273 #46AE99 #6DC4B3 #99D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#46AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#46AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AE99

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AE99	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.101 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6b7',
    500: '#46ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46ae99;
$custom-light: #84c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.885,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68434,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AE99

secondary

#C28E98

accent

#556FD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AE99

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

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