#46BC9E#46BC9E

#46BC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BC9E
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -40.22, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 40.59, 172.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1138 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.115 173)
XYZ	xyz(26.6776, 39.7343, 38.6047)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BC9E #BC4664

analogous

#46BC63 #46BC9E #469FBC

triadic

#46BC9E #9E46BC #BC9E46

tetradic

#46BC9E #6346BC #BC4664 #9FBC46

square

#46BC9E #6346BC #BC4664 #9FBC46

split-complementary

#46BC9E #BC469F #BC6346

monochromatic

#246453 #349079 #46BC9E #73CCB6 #A0DDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#46BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BC9E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BC9E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1ba',
    500: '#46bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bc9e;
$custom-light: #86d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.746,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72074,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.39737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BC9E

secondary

#C995A2

accent

#5173D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BC9E

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

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