#46D5B7

Closest named color: Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA). oklch(79% 0.128 175.9), rgb(70, 213, 183).

Black text reads best on this color (11.46:1).

About this color

#46D5B7 is a light, moderately saturated teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 79%, its chroma 0.128 and its hue 176°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA), ΔE 0.027 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.46:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	light (79%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.128)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA)
Black text	11.46:1
White text	1.83:1

Values

HEX	#46D5B7
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 183)
HSL	hsl(167, 63%, 55%)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.128 175.9)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #46D5B7	1.83:1	Fails	Lc -38.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #46D5B7	11.46:1	AAA	Lc 69.9	Content text, not long reading
#46D5B7 text on white	1.83:1	Fails	Lc 33.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#46D5B7 text on black	11.46:1	AAA	Lc -68.7	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#EAF9F5

oklch(97% 0.017 178.3)
Step 100
100

#D1F3E9

oklch(93.7% 0.038 175.8)
Step 200
200

#A7E9D7

oklch(88.5% 0.071 175.8)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#46D5B7

oklch(79% 0.128 175.9)
Step 400
400

#00BB9D

oklch(70.7% 0.133 175.7)
Step 500
500

#00A086

oklch(63% 0.118 175.6)
Step 600
600

#008771

oklch(55.7% 0.104 175.8)
Step 700
700

#00715F

oklch(49% 0.091 176.5)
Step 800
800

#005D4D

oklch(42.7% 0.08 175.6)
Step 900
900

#004D40

oklch(37.6% 0.07 176.4)
Step 950
950

#002E25

oklch(26.9% 0.05 175.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#46D5B7 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#CDC8B6	0.134
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#B9B9B9	0.129
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#00D8CC	0.030
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BFBFBF	0.129