#46AFAA#46AFAA

#46AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.096 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AFAA
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -31.08, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 31.74, 191.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0944 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.096 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1083, 34.8617, 43.4282)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AFAA #AF464B

analogous

#46AF75 #46AFAA #467FAF

triadic

#46AFAA #AA46AF #AFAA46

tetradic

#46AFAA #7546AF #AF464B #7FAF46

square

#46AFAA #7546AF #AF464B #7FAF46

split-complementary

#46AFAA #AF467F #AF7546

monochromatic

#235855 #358380 #46AFAA #6DC5C1 #99D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#46AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#46AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AFAA

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AFAA	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.096 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7c3',
    500: '#46afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46afaa;
$custom-light: #85c7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69225,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AFAA

secondary

#C28E91

accent

#555BD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AFAA

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

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