#46AEA8#46AEA8

#46AEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.096 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AEA8
RGB	rgb(70, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -31.15, -5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 31.70, 190.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0942 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.096 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7266, 34.3988, 42.3747)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AEA8 #AE464C

analogous

#46AE74 #46AEA8 #4680AE

triadic

#46AEA8 #A846AE #AEA846

tetradic

#46AEA8 #7446AE #AE464C #80AE46

square

#46AEA8 #7446AE #AE464C #80AE46

split-complementary

#46AEA8 #AE4680 #AE7446

monochromatic

#235754 #34827E #46AEA8 #6DC4BF #99D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#46AEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#46AEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AEA8

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AEA8	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46aea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.096 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6c1',
    500: '#46aea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46aea8;
$custom-light: #85c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46aea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.538,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68911,
    "c": 0.09559,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AEA8

secondary

#C28E91

accent

#555DD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AEA8

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

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