#46A8AE#46A8AE

#46A8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.091 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8AE
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -26.52, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 28.98, 203.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.085 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.091 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1652, 32.3609, 45.0089)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8AE #AE4C46

analogous

#46AE80 #46A8AE #4674AE

triadic

#46A8AE #AE46A8 #A8AE46

tetradic

#46A8AE #8046AE #AE4C46 #74AE46

square

#46A8AE #8046AE #AE4C46 #74AE46

split-complementary

#46A8AE #AE4674 #AE8046

monochromatic

#235457 #347E82 #46A8AE #6DBFC4 #99D2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#46A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#46A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8AE

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8AE	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.091 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2c6',
    500: '#46a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8ae;
$custom-light: #85c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.462,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67648,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8AE

secondary

#C2918E

accent

#5D55D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8AE

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

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