#46BB9C#46BB9C

#46BB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BB9C
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -40.26, 6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 40.72, 171.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.1136 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.115 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2939, 39.2403, 37.6345)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BB9C #BB4665

analogous

#46BB62 #46BB9C #469FBB

triadic

#46BB9C #9C46BB #BB9C46

tetradic

#46BB9C #6246BB #BB4665 #9FBB46

square

#46BB9C #6246BB #BB4665 #9FBB46

split-complementary

#46BB9C #BB469F #BB6246

monochromatic

#246252 #358F77 #46BB9C #73CBB4 #A0DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46BB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#46BB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BB9C

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BB9C	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0b9',
    500: '#46bb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bb9c;
$custom-light: #86d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.103,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71769,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BB9C

secondary

#C894A2

accent

#5275D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BB9C

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

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