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#46BB9D

#46bb9d ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#46bb9d is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 73.33% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.04% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 164.62°, with 46.25% saturation and 50.39% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 4.45.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.3928

Complementary

  1. #46bb9d
  2. #bb4664

Split complementary

  1. #46bb9d
  2. #bb469e
  3. #bb6246

Analogous

  1. #46bb62
  2. #46bb9d
  3. #469ebb

Triadic

  1. #46bb9d
  2. #9d46bb
  3. #bb9d46

Tetradic

  1. #46bb9d
  2. #4664bb
  3. #bb4664
  4. #bb9d46

Square

  1. #46bb9d
  2. #6246bb
  3. #bb4664
  4. #9ebb46

Monochromatic

  1. #1c4c40
  2. #31846f
  3. #46bb9d
  4. #7ed0bb
  5. #b6e4d8

Shades

#46bb9d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46bb9d
  2. #3fa88d
  3. #38967e
  4. #31836e
  5. #2a705e
  6. #235e4f
  7. #1c4b3f
  8. #15382f
  9. #0e251f
  10. #071310
  11. #000000

Tints

#46bb9d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46bb9d
  2. #59c2a7
  3. #6bc9b1
  4. #7ecfba
  5. #90d6c4
  6. #a3ddce
  7. #b5e4d8
  8. #c8ebe2
  9. #daf1eb
  10. #edf8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46bb9d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46bb9d
  2. #4cb59a
  3. #52af97
  4. #57a994
  5. #5da391
  6. #639e8f
  7. #69988c
  8. #6f9289
  9. #748c86
  10. #7a8683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb0a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5af9c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a39f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95b49c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89ad9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1cbcaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46bb9d {
  color: #46bb9d;
}
Background
.bg-46bb9d {
  background-color: #46bb9d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46bb9d {
  border: 2px solid #46bb9d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46bb9d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 187 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 46% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46bb9d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46bb9d, #469ebb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46bb9d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 187 157 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 4.45 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 5.39 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.40 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.58 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.42 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.01 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.78 #b94462 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Mint
#46bb9d  rgb(70, 187, 157)  hsl(165, 46%, 50%)  Mint
#bb4664  rgb(187, 70, 100)  hsl(345, 46%, 50%)  Dogwood Rose
#9d46bb  rgb(157, 70, 187)  hsl(285, 46%, 50%)  Purpureus
#bb9d46  rgb(187, 157, 70)  hsl(45, 46%, 50%)  Brass