#46B09D#46B09D

#46B09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.101 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B09D
RGB	rgb(70, 176, 157)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 10.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -35.02, 0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 35.03, 178.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.1013 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.101 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1341, 34.7846, 37.3340)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B09D #B04659

analogous

#46B068 #46B09D #468EB0

triadic

#46B09D #9D46B0 #B09D46

tetradic

#46B09D #6846B0 #B04659 #8EB046

square

#46B09D #6846B0 #B04659 #8EB046

split-complementary

#46B09D #B0468E #B06846

monochromatic

#23584F #358476 #46B09D #6EC5B6 #9AD7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#46B09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#46B09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B09D

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B09D	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 176, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.101 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8b9',
    500: '#46b09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b09d;
$custom-light: #84c8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69055,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B09D

secondary

#C38F98

accent

#556CD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B09D

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

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