#46C4AA#46C4AA

#46C4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4AA
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 13.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -40.77, 2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 40.88, 175.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.1166 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.117 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5179, 43.6810, 44.8981)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4AA #C44660

analogous

#46C46B #46C4AA #469FC4

triadic

#46C4AA #AA46C4 #C4AA46

tetradic

#46C4AA #6B46C4 #C44660 #9FC446

square

#46C4AA #6B46C4 #C44660 #9FC446

split-complementary

#46C4AA #C4469F #C46B46

monochromatic

#236D5E #329B85 #46C4AA #74D3BF #A3E2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#46C4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#46C4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4AA

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4AA	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6c3',
    500: '#46c4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4aa;
$custom-light: #88d6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.619,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74403,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4AA

secondary

#CE97A3

accent

#4D6ADB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4AA

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

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