#46979E#46979E

#46979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.079 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46979E
RGB	rgb(70, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -22.52, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 25.14, 206.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.073 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.079 203)
XYZ	xyz(19.7614, 25.9020, 36.2993)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46979E #9E4D46

analogous

#469E79 #46979E #466B9E

triadic

#46979E #9E4697 #979E46

tetradic

#46979E #79469E #9E4D46 #6B9E46

square

#46979E #79469E #9E4D46 #6B9E46

split-complementary

#46979E #9E466B #9E7946

monochromatic

#204649 #336E74 #46979E #66B4BB #90C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#46979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#46979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46979E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46979E	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.079 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6ba',
    500: '#46979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46979e;
$custom-light: #82b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.773,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62886,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.25904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46979E

secondary

#BA8A86

accent

#6359CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #46979E

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

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