#46A38D#46A38D

#46A38D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.095 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A38D
RGB	rgb(70, 163, 141)
HSL	hsl(166, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 13.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -33.03, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 33.18, 174.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0944 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.095 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4285, 29.4176, 29.7957)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A38D #A3465C

analogous

#46A35E #46A38D #468AA3

triadic

#46A38D #8D46A3 #A38D46

tetradic

#46A38D #5E46A3 #A3465C #8AA346

square

#46A38D #5E46A3 #A3465C #8AA346

split-complementary

#46A38D #A3468A #A35E46

monochromatic

#214D43 #347868 #46A38D #68BEAA #93D1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#46A38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#46A38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46A38D

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A38D	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 163, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.095 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfae',
    500: '#46a38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a38d;
$custom-light: #82bfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.806,
    "s": 39.914,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65313,
    "c": 0.09469,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A38D

secondary

#BC8995

accent

#5874D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A38D

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

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