#46AE9B#46AE9B

#46AE9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.100 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AE9B
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 155)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -34.61, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 34.62, 178.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.1001 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.1 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5755, 33.9384, 36.3123)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AE9B #AE4659

analogous

#46AE67 #46AE9B #468DAE

triadic

#46AE9B #9B46AE #AE9B46

tetradic

#46AE9B #6746AE #AE4659 #8DAE46

square

#46AE9B #6746AE #AE4659 #8DAE46

split-complementary

#46AE9B #AE468D #AE6746

monochromatic

#23574D #348274 #46AE9B #6DC4B4 #99D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#46AE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#46AE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AE9B

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AE9B	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46ae9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.100 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6b8',
    500: '#46ae9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46ae9b;
$custom-light: #84c6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46ae9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.038,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68495,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AE9B

secondary

#C28E97

accent

#556CD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AE9B

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

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