#46A79D#46A79D

#46A79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A79D
RGB	rgb(70, 167, 157)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -30.77, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 30.95, 186.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0914 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.092 186)
XYZ	xyz(22.4276, 31.3716, 36.7651)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A79D #A74650

analogous

#46A76D #46A79D #4681A7

triadic

#46A79D #9D46A7 #A79D46

tetradic

#46A79D #6D46A7 #A74650 #81A746

square

#46A79D #6D46A7 #A74650 #81A746

split-complementary

#46A79D #A74681 #A76D46

monochromatic

#22514C #347C74 #46A79D #6AC0B8 #95D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#46A79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#46A79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A79D

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A79D	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 167, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1b9',
    500: '#46a79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a79d;
$custom-light: #83c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.814,
    "s": 40.928,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66814,
    "c": 0.09194,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.31374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A79D

secondary

#BE8A90

accent

#5764D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A79D

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

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