#46BB9F#46BB9F

#46BB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46BB9F
RGBrgb(70, 187, 159)
HSLhsl(166, 46%, 50%)
HSVhsv(166, 63%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.00, -39.52, 4.53)
CIE-LCHlch(69.00, 39.78, 173.46°)
OKLaboklab(71.85% -0.1123 0.0114)
OKLCHoklch(71.85% 0.113 174.2)
XYZxyz(26.5511, 39.3431, 38.9889)
Luminance0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46BB9F #BB4662
analogous
#46BB64 #46BB9F #469CBB
triadic
#46BB9F #9F46BB #BB9F46
tetradic
#46BB9F #6446BB #BB4662 #9CBB46
square
#46BB9F #6446BB #BB4662 #9CBB46
split-complementary
#46BB9F #BB469C #BB6446
monochromatic
#246254 #358F7A #46BB9F #73CBB6 #A0DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#46BB9F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87
#46BB9F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BB9F
8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46BB9F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46BB9F1.002.378.878.87
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8721.001.001.00
##0000008.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5B09E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4A3A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46bb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 174.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0bb',
    500: '#46bb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46bb9f;
$custom-light: #86d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46bb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.641,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46BB9F
secondary
#C894A1
accent
#5271D6
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8280

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#46BB9F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva