#46C4B6#46C4B6

#46C4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4B6
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 182)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 7.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -37.66, -3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 37.80, 184.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.1112 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.112 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7053, 44.1560, 51.1516)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4B6 #C44654

analogous

#46C477 #46C4B6 #4693C4

triadic

#46C4B6 #B646C4 #C4B646

tetradic

#46C4B6 #7746C4 #C44654 #93C446

square

#46C4B6 #7746C4 #C44654 #93C446

split-complementary

#46C4B6 #C44693 #C47746

monochromatic

#236D65 #329B90 #46C4B6 #74D3C8 #A3E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#46C4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#46C4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4B6

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4B6	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6cb',
    500: '#46c4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4b6;
$custom-light: #89d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74767,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4B6

secondary

#CE979E

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4B6

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

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