#46A5AC#46A5AC

#46A5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.089 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5AC
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 172)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -25.60, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 28.28, 205.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0826 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.089 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4242, 31.1885, 43.8072)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5AC #AC4D46

analogous

#46AC80 #46A5AC #4672AC

triadic

#46A5AC #AC46A5 #A5AC46

tetradic

#46A5AC #8046AC #AC4D46 #72AC46

square

#46A5AC #8046AC #AC4D46 #72AC46

split-complementary

#46A5AC #AC4672 #AC8046

monochromatic

#235255 #347B81 #46A5AC #6CBDC3 #98D1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#46A5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#46A5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5AC

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5AC	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.089 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0c4',
    500: '#46a5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5ac;
$custom-light: #84c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.118,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66842,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5AC

secondary

#C1908D

accent

#5E56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5AC

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

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