#46A8A6#46A8A6

#46A8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.091 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8A6
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -28.79, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 29.77, 194.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0885 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.091 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4084, 32.0581, 41.0232)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8A6 #A84648

analogous

#46A875 #46A8A6 #4679A8

triadic

#46A8A6 #A646A8 #A8A646

tetradic

#46A8A6 #7546A8 #A84648 #79A846

square

#46A8A6 #7546A8 #A84648 #79A846

split-complementary

#46A8A6 #A84679 #A87546

monochromatic

#225251 #347D7B #46A8A6 #6AC1BF #95D3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#46A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#46A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8A6

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8A6	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.091 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2c0',
    500: '#46a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8a6;
$custom-light: #84c2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67364,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8A6

secondary

#BF8B8C

accent

#5759D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8A6

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

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