#46979D#46979D

#46979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.079 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46979D
RGB	rgb(70, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -22.80, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 25.18, 205.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0734 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.079 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6757, 25.8678, 35.8478)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46979D #9D4C46

analogous

#469D78 #46979D #466C9D

triadic

#46979D #9D4697 #979D46

tetradic

#46979D #78469D #9D4C46 #6C9D46

square

#46979D #78469D #9D4C46 #6C9D46

split-complementary

#46979D #9D466C #9D7846

monochromatic

#204648 #336E73 #46979D #66B5BB #90C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#46979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#46979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46979D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46979D	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#8D919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.079 201.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 38.326,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62849,
    "c": 0.0791,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46979D

secondary

#B98986

accent

#625ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #46979D

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

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