#46B196#46B196

#46B196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.106 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B196
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, -37.25, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 37.55, 172.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.1057 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.106 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7503, 34.9460, 34.3418)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B196 #B14661

analogous

#46B160 #46B196 #4696B1

triadic

#46B196 #9646B1 #B19646

tetradic

#46B196 #6046B1 #B14661 #96B146

square

#46B196 #6046B1 #B14661 #96B146

split-complementary

#46B196 #B14696 #B16046

monochromatic

#23594C #358571 #46B196 #6EC6B0 #9AD7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#46B196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#46B196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B196

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B196	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.106 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9b4',
    500: '#46b196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b196;
$custom-light: #84c9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.86,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69097,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B196

secondary

#C38F9D

accent

#5575D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B196

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

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