#46B596#46B596

#46B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B596
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -39.06, 6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 39.59, 170.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.11 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.111 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5520, 36.5493, 34.6091)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B596 #B54665

analogous

#46B55F #46B596 #469DB5

triadic

#46B596 #9646B5 #B59646

tetradic

#46B596 #5F46B5 #B54665 #9DB546

square

#46B596 #5F46B5 #B54665 #9DB546

split-complementary

#46B596 #B5469D #B55F46

monochromatic

#245D4D #358971 #46B596 #70C8AF #9CD9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#46B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#46B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B596

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B596	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccb4',
    500: '#46b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b596;
$custom-light: #85ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.243,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.701,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B596

secondary

#C592A0

accent

#5478D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B596

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

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