#46A09E#46A09E

#46A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.085 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A09E
RGB	rgb(70, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -27.07, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 27.98, 194.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0832 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.085 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2655, 28.9102, 36.8007)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A09E #A04648

analogous

#46A071 #46A09E #4675A0

triadic

#46A09E #9E46A0 #A09E46

tetradic

#46A09E #7146A0 #A04648 #75A046

square

#46A09E #7146A0 #A04648 #75A046

split-complementary

#46A09E #A04675 #A07146

monochromatic

#214B4A #337574 #46A09E #67BCBB #91CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#46A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#46A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46A09E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A09E	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)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.085 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcba',
    500: '#46a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a09e;
$custom-light: #83bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65111,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A09E

secondary

#BB8788

accent

#595BCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A09E

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

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