#46D9A6#46D9A6
#46D9A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.144 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #46D9A6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(70, 217, 166) |
| HSL | hsl(159, 66%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(159, 68%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 23.5%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.27, -50.66, 13.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.27, 52.55, 164.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.49% -0.1399 0.0357) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.49% 0.144 165.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.2179, 53.6771, 44.6264) |
| Luminance | 0.5368 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Eucalyptus
#44D7A8
ΔE00 1.03
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 4.20
Aqua Marine
#2EE8BB
ΔE00 4.30
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 4.93
Seafoam
#7FE0B3
ΔE00 4.93
Aqua Green
#12E193
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#46D9A6 #D94679
analogous
#46D95D #46D9A6 #46C2D9
triadic
#46D9A6 #A646D9 #D9A646
tetradic
#46D9A6 #5D46D9 #D94679 #C2D946
square
#46D9A6 #5D46D9 #D94679 #C2D946
split-complementary
#46D9A6 #D946C2 #D95D46
monochromatic
#1C8963 #26BB88 #46D9A6 #79E3BE #ACEED7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#46D9A6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.74
#46D9A6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #46D9A6
11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##46D9A6 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##46D9A6 | 1.00 | 1.79 | 11.74 | 11.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4CAA3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1BCA9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #46d9a6; /* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 217, 166); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.144 165.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8be6c0',
500: '#46d9a6',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #46d9a6; $custom-light: #8be6c0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#46d9a6",
"rgb": {
"r": 70,
"g": 217,
"b": 166
},
"hsl": {
"h": 159.184,
"s": 65.919,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79486,
"c": 0.14444,
"h": 165.7
},
"luminance": 0.53681
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#46D9A6
secondary
#8F3554
accent
#3F7AE9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482