#46C4AE#46C4AE

#46C4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4AE
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -39.76, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 39.77, 178.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1148 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.115 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9021, 43.8347, 46.9212)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4AE #C4465C

analogous

#46C46F #46C4AE #469BC4

triadic

#46C4AE #AE46C4 #C4AE46

tetradic

#46C4AE #6F46C4 #C4465C #9BC446

square

#46C4AE #6F46C4 #C4465C #9BC446

split-complementary

#46C4AE #C4469B #C46F46

monochromatic

#236D60 #329B89 #46C4AE #74D3C2 #A3E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#46C4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#46C4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4AE

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4AE	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6c6',
    500: '#46c4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4ae;
$custom-light: #88d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.524,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74521,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4AE

secondary

#CE97A1

accent

#4D66DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4AE

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

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