#46B2A5#46B2A5

#46B2A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.100 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2A5
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 165)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -33.86, -2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 33.95, 184.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0998 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.1 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2346, 35.8569, 41.1812)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2A5 #B24653

analogous

#46B26F #46B2A5 #4689B2

triadic

#46B2A5 #A546B2 #B2A546

tetradic

#46B2A5 #6F46B2 #B24653 #89B246

square

#46B2A5 #6F46B2 #B24653 #89B246

split-complementary

#46B2A5 #B24689 #B26F46

monochromatic

#235A54 #35867C #46B2A5 #6FC6BC #9BD8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#46B2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#46B2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2A5

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2A5	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.100 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9bf',
    500: '#46b2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2a5;
$custom-light: #85c9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.778,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69801,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2A5

secondary

#C49096

accent

#5564D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2A5

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

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