#46AF9C#46AF9C

#46AF9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.101 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AF9C
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 156)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -34.82, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 34.83, 178.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.1007 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.101 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8538, 34.3599, 36.8211)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AF9C #AF4659

analogous

#46AF67 #46AF9C #468DAF

triadic

#46AF9C #9C46AF #AF9C46

tetradic

#46AF9C #6746AF #AF4659 #8DAF46

square

#46AF9C #6746AF #AF4659 #8DAF46

split-complementary

#46AF9C #AF468D #AF6746

monochromatic

#23584E #358375 #46AF9C #6DC5B5 #99D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#46AF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#46AF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AF9C

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AF9C	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46af9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.101 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7b9',
    500: '#46af9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46af9c;
$custom-light: #84c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46af9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68775,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AF9C

secondary

#C28E98

accent

#556CD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AF9C

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

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