#46B1AD#46B1AD

#46B1AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.097 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B1AD
RGB	rgb(70, 177, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 2.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -31.21, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 32.01, 192.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0952 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.097 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7874, 35.7608, 45.0706)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B1AD #B1464A

analogous

#46B177 #46B1AD #467FB1

triadic

#46B1AD #AD46B1 #B1AD46

tetradic

#46B1AD #7746B1 #B1464A #7FB146

square

#46B1AD #7746B1 #B1464A #7FB146

split-complementary

#46B1AD #B1467F #B17746

monochromatic

#235957 #358582 #46B1AD #6EC6C3 #9AD7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#46B1AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#46B1AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B1AD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B1AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B1AD	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b1ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 177, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.097 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c8c5',
    500: '#46b1ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b1ad;
$custom-light: #86c8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b1ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.757,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69818,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B1AD

secondary

#C38F91

accent

#5559D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B1AD

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

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