#46D8A6#46D8A6
#46D8A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.143 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #46D8A6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(70, 216, 166) |
| HSL | hsl(159, 65%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(159, 68%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 23.1%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.97, -50.25, 13.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.97, 52.04, 164.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.24% -0.1389 0.0347) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.24% 0.143 166) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.9609, 53.1632, 44.5407) |
| Luminance | 0.5317 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Eucalyptus
#44D7A8
ΔE00 0.77
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 4.02
Aqua Marine
#2EE8BB
ΔE00 4.39
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 4.68
Seafoam
#7FE0B3
ΔE00 4.99
Aqua Green
#12E193
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#46D8A6 #D84678
analogous
#46D85D #46D8A6 #46C1D8
triadic
#46D8A6 #A646D8 #D8A646
tetradic
#46D8A6 #5D46D8 #D84678 #C1D846
square
#46D8A6 #5D46D8 #D84678 #C1D846
split-complementary
#46D8A6 #D846C1 #D85D46
monochromatic
#1C8763 #27BA87 #46D8A6 #79E3BE #ABEDD7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#46D8A6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.63
#46D8A6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #46D8A6
11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##46D8A6 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##46D8A6 | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.63 | 11.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3C9A3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0BBA9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #46d8a6; /* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 216, 166); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.143 166.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8be5c0',
500: '#46d8a6',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #46d8a6; $custom-light: #8be5c0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#46d8a6",
"rgb": {
"r": 70,
"g": 216,
"b": 166
},
"hsl": {
"h": 159.452,
"s": 65.179,
"l": 56.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79239,
"c": 0.14321,
"h": 166
},
"luminance": 0.53167
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#46D8A6
secondary
#8D3553
accent
#4079E8
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482