#46A4A4#46A4A4

#46A4A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.088 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A4A4
RGB	rgb(70, 164, 164)
HSL	hsl(180, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -27.38, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 28.63, 196.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.085 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.088 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4992, 30.5311, 39.8221)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A4A4 #A44646

analogous

#46A475 #46A4A4 #4675A4

triadic

#46A4A4 #A446A4 #A4A446

tetradic

#46A4A4 #7546A4 #A44646 #75A446

square

#46A4A4 #7546A4 #A44646 #75A446

split-complementary

#46A4A4 #A44675 #A47546

monochromatic

#214E4E #347979 #46A4A4 #68BFBF #93D1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#46A4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#46A4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A4A4

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A4A4	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 164, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.088 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfbe',
    500: '#46a4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a4a4;
$custom-light: #84bfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66309,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A4A4

secondary

#BD8989

accent

#5858D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A4A4

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

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