#46AFAE#46AFAE

#46AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.096 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46AFAE
RGB	rgb(70, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -29.97, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 31.15, 195.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0926 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.096 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4924, 35.0154, 45.4514)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46AFAE #AF4647

analogous

#46AF7A #46AFAE #467BAF

triadic

#46AFAE #AE46AF #AFAE46

tetradic

#46AFAE #7A46AF #AF4647 #7BAF46

square

#46AFAE #7A46AF #AF4647 #7BAF46

split-complementary

#46AFAE #AF467B #AF7A46

monochromatic

#235857 #358383 #46AFAE #6DC5C4 #99D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#46AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#46AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46AFAE

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46AFAE	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#A5A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.096 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7c6',
    500: '#46afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46afae;
$custom-light: #85c7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.429,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69361,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46AFAE

secondary

#C28E8F

accent

#5556D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46AFAE

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

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