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#46BBAB

#46bbab ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#46bbab 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 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.56% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 171.79°, with 46.25% saturation and 50.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.3978

Complementary

  1. #46bbab
  2. #bb4656

Split complementary

  1. #46bbab
  2. #bb4691
  3. #bb7046

Analogous

  1. #46bb70
  2. #46bbab
  3. #4691bb

Triadic

  1. #46bbab
  2. #ab46bb
  3. #bbab46

Tetradic

  1. #46bbab
  2. #4656bb
  3. #bb4656
  4. #bbab46

Square

  1. #46bbab
  2. #7046bb
  3. #bb4656
  4. #91bb46

Monochromatic

  1. #1c4c45
  2. #318479
  3. #46bbab
  4. #7ed0c4
  5. #b6e4de

Shades

#46bbab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46bbab
  2. #3fa89a
  3. #389689
  4. #318378
  5. #2a7067
  6. #235e56
  7. #1c4b44
  8. #153833
  9. #0e2522
  10. #071311
  11. #000000

Tints

#46bbab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46bbab
  2. #59c2b3
  3. #6bc9bc
  4. #7ecfc4
  5. #90d6cd
  6. #a3ddd5
  7. #b5e4dd
  8. #c8ebe6
  9. #daf1ee
  10. #edf8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46bbab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46bbab
  2. #4cb5a7
  3. #52afa2
  4. #57a99e
  5. #5da39a
  6. #639e96
  7. #699891
  8. #6f928d
  9. #748c89
  10. #7a8684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cb1aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3b1aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a4ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00beb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93b5ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86aeac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0dbdb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46bbab {
  color: #46bbab;
}
Background
.bg-46bbab {
  background-color: #46bbab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46bbab {
  border: 2px solid #46bbab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46bbab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 187 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 46% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46bbab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46bbab, #4691bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46bbab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 187 171 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 4.15 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.45 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.49 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.94 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.12 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.55 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.81 #b94454 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#46bbab  rgb(70, 187, 171)  hsl(172, 46%, 50%)  Light Sea Green
#bb4656  rgb(187, 70, 86)  hsl(352, 46%, 50%)  Brick Red
#ab46bb  rgb(171, 70, 187)  hsl(292, 46%, 50%)  Purpureus
#bbab46  rgb(187, 171, 70)  hsl(52, 46%, 50%)  Brass