#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
RGB	rgb(70, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -23.38, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 25.28, 202.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0743 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.079 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5063, 25.8000, 34.9559)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##46979B	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #46979B

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

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