#46B2A4#46B2A4

#46B2A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.100 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2A4
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -34.12, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 34.19, 183.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.1003 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.1 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1440, 35.8206, 40.7037)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2A4 #B24654

analogous

#46B26E #46B2A4 #468AB2

triadic

#46B2A4 #A446B2 #B2A446

tetradic

#46B2A4 #6E46B2 #B24654 #8AB246

square

#46B2A4 #6E46B2 #B24654 #8AB246

split-complementary

#46B2A4 #B2468A #B26E46

monochromatic

#235A53 #35867C #46B2A4 #6FC6BB #9BD8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#46B2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#46B2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2A4

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2A4	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.100 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9be',
    500: '#46b2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2a4;
$custom-light: #85c9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.222,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69769,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2A4

secondary

#C49097

accent

#5565D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2A4

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

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