#46C5AE#46C5AE

#46C5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5AE
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -40.20, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 40.22, 178.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.1159 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.116 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1284, 44.2873, 46.9967)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5AE #C5465D

analogous

#46C56F #46C5AE #469CC5

triadic

#46C5AE #AE46C5 #C5AE46

tetradic

#46C5AE #6F46C5 #C5465D #9CC546

square

#46C5AE #6F46C5 #C5465D #9CC546

split-complementary

#46C5AE #C5469C #C56F46

monochromatic

#236E60 #319D89 #46C5AE #75D4C2 #A3E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#46C5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#46C5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5AE

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5AE	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7c6',
    500: '#46c5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5ae;
$custom-light: #88d7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.134,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74767,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5AE

secondary

#CF98A2

accent

#4C66DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5AE

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

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