#46B59B#46B59B

#46B59B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B59B
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -37.82, 3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 38.03, 174.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.1077 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.108 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9632, 36.7138, 36.7749)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B59B #B54660

analogous

#46B564 #46B59B #4698B5

triadic

#46B59B #9B46B5 #B59B46

tetradic

#46B59B #6446B5 #B54660 #98B546

square

#46B59B #6446B5 #B54660 #98B546

split-complementary

#46B59B #B54698 #B56446

monochromatic

#245D4F #358975 #46B59B #70C8B3 #9CD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#46B59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#46B59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B59B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B59B	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccb8',
    500: '#46b59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b59b;
$custom-light: #85ccb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.946,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70242,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B59B

secondary

#C5929E

accent

#5472D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B59B

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

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