#46A39D#46A39D

#46A39D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.088 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A39D
RGB	rgb(70, 163, 157)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -28.83, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 29.29, 190.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.087 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.088 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7061, 29.9287, 36.5246)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A39D #A3464C

analogous

#46A36E #46A39D #467AA3

triadic

#46A39D #9D46A3 #A39D46

tetradic

#46A39D #6E46A3 #A3464C #7AA346

square

#46A39D #6E46A3 #A3464C #7AA346

split-complementary

#46A39D #A3467A #A36E46

monochromatic

#214D4B #347874 #46A39D #68BEB9 #93D1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#46A39D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#46A39D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #46A39D

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A39D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A39D	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 163, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.088 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83beb9',
    500: '#46a39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a39d;
$custom-light: #83beb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 39.914,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65821,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A39D

secondary

#BC898C

accent

#5860D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A39D

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

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