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#46BBAC

#46bbac ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#46bbac 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 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.02% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 172.31°, 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 3.93.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.3982

Complementary

  1. #46bbac
  2. #bb4655

Split complementary

  1. #46bbac
  2. #bb468f
  3. #bb7146

Analogous

  1. #46bb71
  2. #46bbac
  3. #468fbb

Triadic

  1. #46bbac
  2. #ac46bb
  3. #bbac46

Tetradic

  1. #46bbac
  2. #4655bb
  3. #bb4655
  4. #bbac46

Square

  1. #46bbac
  2. #7146bb
  3. #bb4655
  4. #8fbb46

Monochromatic

  1. #1c4c46
  2. #318479
  3. #46bbac
  4. #7ed0c5
  5. #b6e4de

Shades

#46bbac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46bbac
  2. #3fa89b
  3. #38968a
  4. #318378
  5. #2a7067
  6. #235e56
  7. #1c4b45
  8. #153834
  9. #0e2522
  10. #071311
  11. #000000

Tints

#46bbac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46bbac
  2. #59c2b4
  3. #6bc9bd
  4. #7ecfc5
  5. #90d6cd
  6. #a3ddd6
  7. #b5e4de
  8. #c8ebe6
  9. #daf1ee
  10. #edf8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46bbac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46bbac
  2. #4cb5a8
  3. #52afa3
  4. #57a99f
  5. #5da39a
  6. #639e96
  7. #699892
  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 #b2b1ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a4ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93b5ac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86aead ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0bbdb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46bbac {
  color: #46bbac;
}
Background
.bg-46bbac {
  background-color: #46bbac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46bbac {
  border: 2px solid #46bbac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46bbac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 187 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 46% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46bbac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46bbac, #468fbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46bbac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 187 172 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.93 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.15 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.18 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.90 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.03 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.27 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.08 #b94453 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#46bbac  rgb(70, 187, 172)  hsl(172, 46%, 50%)  Light Sea Green
#bb4655  rgb(187, 70, 85)  hsl(352, 46%, 50%)  Brick Red
#ac46bb  rgb(172, 70, 187)  hsl(292, 46%, 50%)  Purpureus
#bbac46  rgb(187, 172, 70)  hsl(52, 46%, 50%)  Brass