#46A8AC#46A8AC

#46A8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.091 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8AC
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -27.10, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 29.12, 201.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0859 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.091 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9716, 32.2835, 43.9897)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8AC #AC4A46

analogous

#46AC7D #46A8AC #4675AC

triadic

#46A8AC #AC46A8 #A8AC46

tetradic

#46A8AC #7D46AC #AC4A46 #75AC46

square

#46A8AC #7D46AC #AC4A46 #75AC46

split-complementary

#46A8AC #AC4675 #AC7D46

monochromatic

#235355 #347E81 #46A8AC #6CC0C3 #98D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#46A8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#46A8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8AC

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8AC	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.091 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2c4',
    500: '#46a8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8ac;
$custom-light: #85c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67576,
    "c": 0.0908,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8AC

secondary

#C18F8D

accent

#5B56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8AC

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

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