#46A8AD#46A8AD

#46A8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.091 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8AD
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 173)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -26.81, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 29.04, 202.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0854 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.091 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0680, 32.3220, 44.4974)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8AD #AD4B46

analogous

#46AD7F #46A8AD #4674AD

triadic

#46A8AD #AD46A8 #A8AD46

tetradic

#46A8AD #7F46AD #AD4B46 #74AD46

square

#46A8AD #7F46AD #AD4B46 #74AD46

split-complementary

#46A8AD #AD4674 #AD7F46

monochromatic

#235356 #347E81 #46A8AD #6CBFC4 #98D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#46A8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#46A8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8AD

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8AD	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	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)

#9DA1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.091 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2c5',
    500: '#46a8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8ad;
$custom-light: #85c2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.913,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67612,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8AD

secondary

#C1908D

accent

#5C56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8AD

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

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