#46B896#46B896

#46B896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B896
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -40.39, 7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 41.14, 169.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.1132 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.115 170)
XYZ	xyz(25.1686, 37.7825, 34.8146)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B896 #B84668

analogous

#46B85D #46B896 #46A1B8

triadic

#46B896 #9646B8 #B89646

tetradic

#46B896 #5D46B8 #B84668 #A1B846

square

#46B896 #5D46B8 #B84668 #A1B846

split-complementary

#46B896 #B846A1 #B85D46

monochromatic

#245F4E #358C72 #46B896 #72C9AF #9EDAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#46B896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#46B896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B896

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B896	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ceb4',
    500: '#46b896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b896;
$custom-light: #85ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.105,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70852,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.37785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B896

secondary

#C793A2

accent

#537AD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B896

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

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