#46BB9E#46BB9E

#46BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BB9E
RGB	rgb(70, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -39.77, 5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 40.09, 172.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1127 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.113 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4647, 39.3086, 38.5337)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BB9E #BB4663

analogous

#46BB63 #46BB9E #469EBB

triadic

#46BB9E #9E46BB #BB9E46

tetradic

#46BB9E #6346BB #BB4663 #9EBB46

square

#46BB9E #6346BB #BB4663 #9EBB46

split-complementary

#46BB9E #BB469E #BB6346

monochromatic

#246253 #358F79 #46BB9E #73CBB5 #A0DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#46BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#46BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BB9E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BB9E	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)

#B5B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0ba',
    500: '#46bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bb9e;
$custom-light: #86d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.128,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BB9E

secondary

#C894A1

accent

#5273D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BB9E

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

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