#46B9A3#46B9A3

#46B9A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9A3
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 11.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -37.61, 1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 37.65, 177.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.1083 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.108 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4825, 38.6416, 40.7061)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9A3 #B9465C

analogous

#46B96A #46B9A3 #4695B9

triadic

#46B9A3 #A346B9 #B9A346

tetradic

#46B9A3 #6A46B9 #B9465C #95B946

square

#46B9A3 #6A46B9 #B9465C #95B946

split-complementary

#46B9A3 #B94695 #B96A46

monochromatic

#246055 #358D7C #46B9A3 #72CAB9 #9FDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#46B9A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#46B9A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9A3

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9A3	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cebe',
    500: '#46b9a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9a3;
$custom-light: #86cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.522,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71474,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9A3

secondary

#C7949D

accent

#536CD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9A3

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

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