#46A5AE#46A5AE

#46A5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.089 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5AE
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -25.02, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 28.21, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0817 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.089 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6177, 31.2659, 44.8265)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5AE #AE4F46

analogous

#46AE83 #46A5AE #4671AE

triadic

#46A5AE #AE46A5 #A5AE46

tetradic

#46A5AE #8346AE #AE4F46 #71AE46

square

#46A5AE #8346AE #AE4F46 #71AE46

split-complementary

#46A5AE #AE4671 #AE8346

monochromatic

#235257 #347C82 #46A5AE #6DBDC4 #99D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#46A5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#46A5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5AE

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5AE	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.089 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0c6',
    500: '#46a5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5ae;
$custom-light: #84c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.192,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66916,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5AE

secondary

#C2928E

accent

#6055D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5AE

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

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