#46C4A8#46C4A8

#46C4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.118 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4A8
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 168)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 14.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -41.28, 3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 41.46, 174.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.1176 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.118 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3302, 43.6059, 43.9092)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4A8 #C44662

analogous

#46C469 #46C4A8 #46A1C4

triadic

#46C4A8 #A846C4 #C4A846

tetradic

#46C4A8 #6946C4 #C44662 #A1C446

square

#46C4A8 #6946C4 #C44662 #A1C446

split-complementary

#46C4A8 #C446A1 #C46946

monochromatic

#236D5C #329B84 #46C4A8 #74D3BE #A3E2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#46C4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#46C4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4A8

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4A8	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.118 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6c1',
    500: '#46c4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4a8;
$custom-light: #88d6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74345,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4A8

secondary

#CE97A4

accent

#4D6CDB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4A8

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

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