#46B59C#46B59C

#46B59C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B59C
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -37.57, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 37.73, 174.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.1072 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.108 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0476, 36.7475, 37.2190)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B59C #B5465F

analogous

#46B564 #46B59C #4697B5

triadic

#46B59C #9C46B5 #B59C46

tetradic

#46B59C #6446B5 #B5465F #97B546

square

#46B59C #6446B5 #B5465F #97B546

split-complementary

#46B59C #B54697 #B56446

monochromatic

#245D50 #358976 #46B59C #70C8B4 #9CD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#46B59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#46B59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B59C

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B59C	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccb9',
    500: '#46b59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b59c;
$custom-light: #85ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.486,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70271,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B59C

secondary

#C5929D

accent

#5471D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B59C

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

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