#46A4AE#46A4AE

#46A4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.089 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A4AE
RGB	rgb(70, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -24.51, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 27.98, 208.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0806 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.089 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4380, 30.9066, 44.7666)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A4AE #AE5046

analogous

#46AE84 #46A4AE #4670AE

triadic

#46A4AE #AE46A4 #A4AE46

tetradic

#46A4AE #8446AE #AE5046 #70AE46

square

#46A4AE #8446AE #AE5046 #70AE46

split-complementary

#46A4AE #AE4670 #AE8446

monochromatic

#235257 #347B82 #46A4AE #6DBCC4 #99D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#46A4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#46A4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A4AE

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A4AE	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.089 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfc6',
    500: '#46a4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a4ae;
$custom-light: #84bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66672,
    "c": 0.08888,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A4AE

secondary

#C2938E

accent

#6155D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A4AE

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

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