#46BA9D#46BA9D

#46BA9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BA9D
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 15.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -39.57, 5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 39.90, 172.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.1121 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.113 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1676, 38.8515, 38.0118)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BA9D #BA4663

analogous

#46BA63 #46BA9D #469DBA

triadic

#46BA9D #9D46BA #BA9D46

tetradic

#46BA9D #6346BA #BA4663 #9DBA46

square

#46BA9D #6346BA #BA4663 #9DBA46

split-complementary

#46BA9D #BA469D #BA6346

monochromatic

#246152 #358E78 #46BA9D #73CBB5 #9FDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#46BA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#46BA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BA9D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BA9D	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46ba9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfb9',
    500: '#46ba9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46ba9d;
$custom-light: #86cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46ba9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71548,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BA9D

secondary

#C894A1

accent

#5273D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BA9D

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

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