#46BB99#46BB99

#46BB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BB99
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -40.99, 7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 41.69, 169.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.115 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.117 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0430, 39.1399, 36.3131)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BB99 #BB4668

analogous

#46BB5E #46BB99 #46A2BB

triadic

#46BB99 #9946BB #BB9946

tetradic

#46BB99 #5E46BB #BB4668 #A2BB46

square

#46BB99 #5E46BB #BB4668 #A2BB46

split-complementary

#46BB99 #BB46A2 #BB5E46

monochromatic

#246250 #358F75 #46BB99 #73CBB2 #A0DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#46BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#46BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BB99

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BB99	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0b7',
    500: '#46bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bb99;
$custom-light: #86d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.564,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71686,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BB99

secondary

#C894A3

accent

#5278D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BB99

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

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