#46BA9E#46BA9E

#46BA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BA9E
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -39.32, 4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 39.59, 173.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1117 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.112 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2533, 38.8858, 38.4633)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BA9E #BA4662

analogous

#46BA64 #46BA9E #469CBA

triadic

#46BA9E #9E46BA #BA9E46

tetradic

#46BA9E #6446BA #BA4662 #9CBA46

square

#46BA9E #6446BA #BA4662 #9CBA46

split-complementary

#46BA9E #BA469C #BA6446

monochromatic

#246153 #358E78 #46BA9E #73CBB5 #9FDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#46BA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#46BA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BA9E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BA9E	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46ba9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfba',
    500: '#46ba9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46ba9e;
$custom-light: #86cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46ba9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BA9E

secondary

#C894A0

accent

#5272D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BA9E

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

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