#46A5A4#46A5A4

#46A5A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.089 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5A4
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 164)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -27.87, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 28.97, 195.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0861 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.089 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6789, 30.8904, 39.8820)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5A4 #A54647

analogous

#46A574 #46A5A4 #4676A5

triadic

#46A5A4 #A446A5 #A5A446

tetradic

#46A5A4 #7446A5 #A54647 #76A546

square

#46A5A4 #7446A5 #A54647 #76A546

split-complementary

#46A5A4 #A54676 #A57446

monochromatic

#224F4F #347A79 #46A5A4 #69BFBE #94D2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#46A5A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#46A5A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5A4

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5A4	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	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)

#9B9EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.089 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0be',
    500: '#46a5a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5a4;
$custom-light: #84c0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.368,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66555,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5A4

secondary

#BD898A

accent

#5859D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5A4

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

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