#46A5AF#46A5AF

#46A5AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.090 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A5AF
RGB	rgb(70, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -24.73, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 28.20, 208.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0813 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.09 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7156, 31.3051, 45.3418)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A5AF #AF5046

analogous

#46AF84 #46A5AF #4671AF

triadic

#46A5AF #AF46A5 #A5AF46

tetradic

#46A5AF #8446AF #AF5046 #71AF46

square

#46A5AF #8446AF #AF5046 #71AF46

split-complementary

#46A5AF #AF4671 #AF8446

monochromatic

#235358 #357C83 #46A5AF #6DBCC5 #99D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#46A5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#46A5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A5AF

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A5AF	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.090 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0c6',
    500: '#46a5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a5af;
$custom-light: #85c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66953,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A5AF

secondary

#C2938E

accent

#6155D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A5AF

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

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