#46B899#46B899

#46B899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B899
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -39.66, 6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 40.16, 171.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.1118 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.113 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4133, 37.8803, 36.1032)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B899 #B84665

analogous

#46B860 #46B899 #469EB8

triadic

#46B899 #9946B8 #B89946

tetradic

#46B899 #6046B8 #B84665 #9EB846

square

#46B899 #6046B8 #B84665 #9EB846

split-complementary

#46B899 #B8469E #B86046

monochromatic

#245F4F #358C74 #46B899 #72C9B2 #9EDACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#46B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#46B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B899

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B899	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ceb7',
    500: '#46b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b899;
$custom-light: #85ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.684,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70935,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B899

secondary

#C793A1

accent

#5376D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B899

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

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