#46979C#46979C

#46979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.079 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46979C
RGB	rgb(70, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -23.09, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 25.22, 203.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0738 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.079 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5907, 25.8337, 35.4000)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46979C #9C4B46

analogous

#469C76 #46979C #466C9C

triadic

#46979C #9C4697 #979C46

tetradic

#46979C #76469C #9C4B46 #6C9C46

square

#46979C #76469C #9C4B46 #6C9C46

split-complementary

#46979C #9C466C #9C7646

monochromatic

#204548 #336E72 #46979C #65B5BA #8FC9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#46979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#46979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46979C

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46979C	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.079 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6b9',
    500: '#46979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46979c;
$custom-light: #82b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.488,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62812,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46979C

secondary

#B88885

accent

#615ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #46979C

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

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