#46959C#46959C

#46959C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.078 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46959C
RGB	rgb(70, 149, 156)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -22.06, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 24.68, 206.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0715 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.078 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2715, 25.1955, 35.2937)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46959C #9C4D46

analogous

#469C78 #46959C #466A9C

triadic

#46959C #9C4695 #959C46

tetradic

#46959C #78469C #9C4D46 #6A9C46

square

#46959C #78469C #9C4D46 #6A9C46

split-complementary

#46959C #9C466A #9C7846

monochromatic

#204448 #336D72 #46959C #65B3BA #8FC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#46959C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#46959C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46959C

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46959C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46959C	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46959c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 149, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.078 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b4b9',
    500: '#46959c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46959c;
$custom-light: #82b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46959c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.884,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62319,
    "c": 0.0778,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46959C

secondary

#B88985

accent

#635ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #46959C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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