#46979B#46979B

#46979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.079 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46979B
RGBrgb(70, 151, 155)
HSLhsl(183, 38%, 44%)
HSVhsv(183, 55%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(54.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.85, -23.38, -9.62)
CIE-LCHlch(57.85, 25.28, 202.38°)
OKLaboklab(62.78% -0.0743 -0.0266)
OKLCHoklch(62.78% 0.079 199.7)
XYZxyz(19.5063, 25.8000, 34.9559)
Luminance0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46979B #9B4A46
analogous
#469B75 #46979B #466D9B
triadic
#46979B #9B4697 #979B46
tetradic
#46979B #75469B #9B4A46 #6D9B46
square
#46979B #75469B #9B4A46 #6D9B46
split-complementary
#46979B #9B466D #9B7546
monochromatic
#204547 #336E71 #46979B #65B5B9 #8FCACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41
#46979B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16
#46979B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46979B
6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46979B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46979B1.003.416.166.16
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1621.001.001.00
##0000006.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8D919B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#80879C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009C98
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.079 199.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6b8',
    500: '#46979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46979b;
$custom-light: #82b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.824,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62776,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46979B
secondary
#B88785
accent
#605ACE
background
#F8FBFB
surface
#EFF6F6
border
#CAD0D0
text
#0B1111
muted
#7C8080

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#46979B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva