#46BC9A#46BC9A

#46BC9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BC9A
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 154)
HSL	hsl(163, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -41.19, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 41.87, 169.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1156 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.117 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3389, 39.5989, 36.8208)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BC9A #BC4668

analogous

#46BC5F #46BC9A #46A3BC

triadic

#46BC9A #9A46BC #BC9A46

tetradic

#46BC9A #5F46BC #BC4668 #A3BC46

square

#46BC9A #5F46BC #BC4668 #A3BC46

split-complementary

#46BC9A #BC46A3 #BC5F46

monochromatic

#246451 #349076 #46BC9A #73CCB3 #A0DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46BC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#46BC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BC9A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BC9A	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bc9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1b7',
    500: '#46bc9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bc9a;
$custom-light: #86d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bc9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.712,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71963,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BC9A

secondary

#C995A4

accent

#5178D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BC9A

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

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