#46A09B#46A09B

#46A09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.086 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A09B
RGB	rgb(70, 160, 155)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -27.90, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 28.44, 191.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0845 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.086 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0104, 28.8082, 35.4573)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A09B #A0464B

analogous

#46A06E #46A09B #4678A0

triadic

#46A09B #9B46A0 #A09B46

tetradic

#46A09B #6E46A0 #A0464B #78A046

square

#46A09B #6E46A0 #A0464B #78A046

split-complementary

#46A09B #A04678 #A06E46

monochromatic

#214B49 #337572 #46A09B #67BCB8 #91CFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#46A09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#46A09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46A09B

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A09B	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)

#98989B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.086 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcb8',
    500: '#46a09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a09b;
$custom-light: #83bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65008,
    "c": 0.08589,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A09B

secondary

#BB878A

accent

#595FCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A09B

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

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