#46A09D#46A09D

#46A09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.086 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A09D
RGB	rgb(70, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(178, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -27.35, -6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 28.12, 193.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0836 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.086 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1798, 28.8759, 36.3492)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A09D #A04649

analogous

#46A070 #46A09D #4676A0

triadic

#46A09D #9D46A0 #A09D46

tetradic

#46A09D #7046A0 #A04649 #76A046

square

#46A09D #7046A0 #A04649 #76A046

split-complementary

#46A09D #A04676 #A07046

monochromatic

#214B49 #337573 #46A09D #67BCBA #91CFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#46A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#46A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46A09D

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A09D	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.086 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcb9',
    500: '#46a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a09d;
$custom-light: #83bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65076,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A09D

secondary

#BB8789

accent

#595DCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A09D

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

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