#46C5AD#46C5AD

#46C5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5AD
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 173)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 12.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -40.46, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 40.50, 177.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.1163 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.116 178)
XYZ	xyz(30.0313, 44.2485, 46.4852)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5AD #C5465E

analogous

#46C56D #46C5AD #469EC5

triadic

#46C5AD #AD46C5 #C5AD46

tetradic

#46C5AD #6D46C5 #C5465E #9EC546

square

#46C5AD #6D46C5 #C5465E #9EC546

split-complementary

#46C5AD #C5469E #C56D46

monochromatic

#236E60 #319D88 #46C5AD #75D4C2 #A3E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#46C5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#46C5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5AD

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5AD	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7c5',
    500: '#46c5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5ad;
$custom-light: #88d7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.661,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74738,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.44252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5AD

secondary

#CF98A2

accent

#4C67DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5AD

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

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