#46BC9D#46BC9D

#46BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BC9D
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -40.46, 5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 40.90, 171.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1142 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.115 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5918, 39.7001, 38.1532)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BC9D #BC4665

analogous

#46BC62 #46BC9D #46A0BC

triadic

#46BC9D #9D46BC #BC9D46

tetradic

#46BC9D #6246BC #BC4665 #A0BC46

square

#46BC9D #6246BC #BC4665 #A0BC46

split-complementary

#46BC9D #BC46A0 #BC6246

monochromatic

#246453 #349078 #46BC9D #73CCB5 #A0DDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#46BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BC9D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BC9D	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1b9',
    500: '#46bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bc9d;
$custom-light: #86d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.237,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72046,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BC9D

secondary

#C995A2

accent

#5174D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BC9D

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

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