#46C4B3#46C4B3

#46C4B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4B3
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 179)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 8.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -38.46, -1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 38.49, 182.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.1126 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.113 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3986, 44.0333, 49.5363)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4B3 #C44657

analogous

#46C474 #46C4B3 #4696C4

triadic

#46C4B3 #B346C4 #C4B346

tetradic

#46C4B3 #7446C4 #C44657 #96C446

square

#46C4B3 #7446C4 #C44657 #96C446

split-complementary

#46C4B3 #C44696 #C47446

monochromatic

#236D63 #329B8D #46C4B3 #74D3C6 #A3E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#46C4B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#46C4B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4B3

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4B3	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6c9',
    500: '#46c4b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4b3;
$custom-light: #88d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.905,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74673,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4B3

secondary

#CE979F

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4B3

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

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