#46979A#46979A

#46979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.079 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46979A
RGB	rgb(70, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -23.66, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 25.35, 201.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0747 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.079 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4227, 25.7666, 34.5155)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46979A #9A4946

analogous

#469A73 #46979A #466D9A

triadic

#46979A #9A4697 #979A46

tetradic

#46979A #73469A #9A4946 #6D9A46

square

#46979A #73469A #9A4946 #6D9A46

split-complementary

#46979A #9A466D #9A7346

monochromatic

#204446 #336E70 #46979A #64B6B9 #8FCACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#46979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#46979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46979A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46979A	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.079 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6b7',
    500: '#46979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46979a;
$custom-light: #82b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6274,
    "c": 0.07883,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46979A

secondary

#B78684

accent

#5E5ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #46979A

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

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