#46A3AD#46A3AD

#46A3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.088 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A3AD
RGB	rgb(70, 163, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -24.30, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 27.77, 208.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.08 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.088 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1627, 30.5113, 44.1956)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A3AD #AD5046

analogous

#46AD83 #46A3AD #4670AD

triadic

#46A3AD #AD46A3 #A3AD46

tetradic

#46A3AD #8346AD #AD5046 #70AD46

square

#46A3AD #8346AD #AD5046 #70AD46

split-complementary

#46A3AD #AD4670 #AD8346

monochromatic

#235156 #347A81 #46A3AD #6CBBC4 #98CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#46A3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#46A3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A3AD

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A3AD	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 163, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.088 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bec5',
    500: '#46a3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a3ad;
$custom-light: #84bec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.825,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6639,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A3AD

secondary

#C1928D

accent

#6256D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A3AD

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

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