#46A4AF#46A4AF

#46A4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.089 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A4AF
RGB	rgb(70, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -24.22, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 27.98, 210.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0802 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.089 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5359, 30.9458, 45.2819)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A4AF #AF5146

analogous

#46AF85 #46A4AF #466FAF

triadic

#46A4AF #AF46A4 #A4AF46

tetradic

#46A4AF #8546AF #AF5146 #6FAF46

square

#46A4AF #8546AF #AF5146 #6FAF46

split-complementary

#46A4AF #AF466F #AF8546

monochromatic

#235258 #357B83 #46A4AF #6DBCC5 #99D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#46A4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#46A4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A4AF

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A4AF	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.089 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfc6',
    500: '#46a4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a4af;
$custom-light: #84bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.286,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66709,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A4AF

secondary

#C2948E

accent

#6255D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A4AF

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