#46BB9D#46BB9D

#46BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BB9D
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -40.02, 5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 40.40, 172.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1132 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.114 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3790, 39.2743, 38.0823)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BB9D #BB4664

analogous

#46BB62 #46BB9D #469FBB

triadic

#46BB9D #9D46BB #BB9D46

tetradic

#46BB9D #6246BB #BB4664 #9FBB46

square

#46BB9D #6246BB #BB4664 #9FBB46

split-complementary

#46BB9D #BB469F #BB6246

monochromatic

#246252 #358F78 #46BB9D #73CBB5 #A0DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#46BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BB9D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BB9D	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0b9',
    500: '#46bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bb9d;
$custom-light: #86d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.615,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71797,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BB9D

secondary

#C894A2

accent

#5274D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BB9D

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

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