#46A5A5#46A5A5

#46A5A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.089 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5A5
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 165)
HSL	hsl(180, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -27.59, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 28.85, 196.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0856 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.089 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7695, 30.9267, 40.3595)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5A5 #A54646

analogous

#46A575 #46A5A5 #4675A5

triadic

#46A5A5 #A546A5 #A5A546

tetradic

#46A5A5 #7546A5 #A54646 #75A546

square

#46A5A5 #7546A5 #A54646 #75A546

split-complementary

#46A5A5 #A54675 #A57546

monochromatic

#224F4F #347A7A #46A5A5 #69BFBF #94D2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#46A5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#46A5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5A5

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5A5	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)

#9B9EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.089 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0bf',
    500: '#46a5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5a5;
$custom-light: #84c0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6659,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5A5

secondary

#BD8989

accent

#5858D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5A5

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

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