#46AAB8#46AAB8

#46AAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.094 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AAB8
RGB	rgb(70, 170, 184)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -24.61, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 29.27, 212.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0829 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.094 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5486, 33.5096, 50.4597)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AAB8 #B85446

analogous

#46B88D #46AAB8 #4671B8

triadic

#46AAB8 #B846AA #AAB846

tetradic

#46AAB8 #8D46B8 #B85446 #71B846

square

#46AAB8 #8D46B8 #B85446 #71B846

split-complementary

#46AAB8 #B84671 #B88D46

monochromatic

#24585F #35818C #46AAB8 #72BFC9 #9ED3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#46AAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#46AAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AAB8

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AAB8	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 170, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.094 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c3cd',
    500: '#46aab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aab8;
$custom-light: #86c3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.368,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68508,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AAB8

secondary

#C79993

accent

#6353D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AAB8

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

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