#46A09A#46A09A

#46A09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.086 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A09A
RGB	rgb(70, 160, 154)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -28.18, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 28.61, 190.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% -0.085 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.086 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9268, 28.7748, 35.0168)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A09A #A0464C

analogous

#46A06D #46A09A #4679A0

triadic

#46A09A #9A46A0 #A09A46

tetradic

#46A09A #6D46A0 #A0464C #79A046

square

#46A09A #6D46A0 #A0464C #79A046

split-complementary

#46A09A #A04679 #A06D46

monochromatic

#214B48 #337571 #46A09A #67BCB7 #91CFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#46A09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#46A09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46A09A

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A09A	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98989A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.086 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcb7',
    500: '#46a09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a09a;
$custom-light: #82bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64974,
    "c": 0.08611,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A09A

secondary

#BB878B

accent

#5961CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A09A

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

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