#46BC9F#46BC9F

#46BC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BC9F
RGB	rgb(70, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -39.97, 4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 40.28, 172.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1133 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.114 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7640, 39.7689, 39.0598)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BC9F #BC4663

analogous

#46BC64 #46BC9F #469EBC

triadic

#46BC9F #9F46BC #BC9F46

tetradic

#46BC9F #6446BC #BC4663 #9EBC46

square

#46BC9F #6446BC #BC4663 #9EBC46

split-complementary

#46BC9F #BC469E #BC6446

monochromatic

#246454 #34907A #46BC9F #73CCB6 #A0DDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#46BC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#46BC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BC9F

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BC9F	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)

#B6B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1bb',
    500: '#46bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bc9f;
$custom-light: #86d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.254,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BC9F

secondary

#C995A2

accent

#5172D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BC9F

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

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