#46BC9B#46BC9B

#46BC9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BC9B
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -40.95, 7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 41.54, 170.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.1152 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.117 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4225, 39.6323, 37.2613)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BC9B #BC4667

analogous

#46BC60 #46BC9B #46A2BC

triadic

#46BC9B #9B46BC #BC9B46

tetradic

#46BC9B #6046BC #BC4667 #A2BC46

square

#46BC9B #6046BC #BC4667 #A2BC46

split-complementary

#46BC9B #BC46A2 #BC6046

monochromatic

#246452 #349077 #46BC9B #73CCB3 #A0DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46BC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#46BC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BC9B

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BC9B	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1b8',
    500: '#46bc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bc9b;
$custom-light: #86d1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.22,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BC9B

secondary

#C995A3

accent

#5177D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BC9B

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

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