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#46BBAE

#46bbae ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#46bbae 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 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.95% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 173.33°, 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 8.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.399

Complementary

  1. #46bbae
  2. #bb4653

Split complementary

  1. #46bbae
  2. #bb468e
  3. #bb7346

Analogous

  1. #46bb73
  2. #46bbae
  3. #468ebb

Triadic

  1. #46bbae
  2. #ae46bb
  3. #bbae46

Tetradic

  1. #46bbae
  2. #4653bb
  3. #bb4653
  4. #bbae46

Square

  1. #46bbae
  2. #7346bb
  3. #bb4653
  4. #8ebb46

Monochromatic

  1. #1c4c47
  2. #31847b
  3. #46bbae
  4. #7ed0c6
  5. #b6e4df

Shades

#46bbae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46bbae
  2. #3fa89d
  3. #38968b
  4. #31837a
  5. #2a7068
  6. #235e57
  7. #1c4b46
  8. #153834
  9. #0e2523
  10. #071311
  11. #000000

Tints

#46bbae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46bbae
  2. #59c2b6
  3. #6bc9be
  4. #7ecfc6
  5. #90d6ce
  6. #a3ddd7
  7. #b5e4df
  8. #c8ebe7
  9. #daf1ef
  10. #edf8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46bbae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46bbae
  2. #4cb5a9
  3. #52afa5
  4. #57a9a0
  5. #5da39c
  6. #639e97
  7. #699892
  8. #6f928e
  9. #748c89
  10. #7a8685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cb1ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2b1ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0a4af ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93b5ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86aeaf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #08bdb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46bbae {
  color: #46bbae;
}
Background
.bg-46bbae {
  background-color: #46bbae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46bbae {
  border: 2px solid #46bbae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46bbae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 187 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 46% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46bbae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46bbae, #468ebb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46bbae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 187 174 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.56 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.57 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.59 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.51 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.73 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.27 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.76 #b94451 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#46bbae  rgb(70, 187, 174)  hsl(173, 46%, 50%)  Light Sea Green
#bb4653  rgb(187, 70, 83)  hsl(353, 46%, 50%)  Brick Red
#ae46bb  rgb(174, 70, 187)  hsl(293, 46%, 50%)  Purpureus
#bbae46  rgb(187, 174, 70)  hsl(53, 46%, 50%)  Brass