#46AFAD#46AFAD

#46AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.096 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AFAD
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -30.25, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 31.29, 194.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.093 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.096 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3953, 34.9765, 44.9398)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AFAD #AF4648

analogous

#46AF78 #46AFAD #467CAF

triadic

#46AFAD #AD46AF #AFAD46

tetradic

#46AFAD #7846AF #AF4648 #7CAF46

square

#46AFAD #7846AF #AF4648 #7CAF46

split-complementary

#46AFAD #AF467C #AF7846

monochromatic

#235857 #358382 #46AFAD #6DC5C3 #99D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#46AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#46AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AFAD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AFAD	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.096 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7c5',
    500: '#46afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46afad;
$custom-light: #85c7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.857,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69327,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AFAD

secondary

#C28E8F

accent

#5558D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AFAD

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

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