#46A5A2#46A5A2

#46A5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.089 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5A2
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 162)
HSL	hsl(178, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -28.43, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 29.25, 193.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.087 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.089 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4997, 30.8187, 38.9383)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5A2 #A54649

analogous

#46A572 #46A5A2 #4678A5

triadic

#46A5A2 #A246A5 #A5A246

tetradic

#46A5A2 #7246A5 #A54649 #78A546

square

#46A5A2 #7246A5 #A54649 #78A546

split-complementary

#46A5A2 #A54678 #A57246

monochromatic

#224F4E #347A78 #46A5A2 #69BFBD #94D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#46A5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#46A5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5A2

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5A2	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.089 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0bd',
    500: '#46a5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5a2;
$custom-light: #84c0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.105,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66486,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5A2

secondary

#BD898B

accent

#585BD0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5A2

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

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