#46B2AC#46B2AC

#46B2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.098 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2AC
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -31.97, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 32.55, 190.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0967 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.098 190)
XYZ	xyz(25.8893, 36.1187, 44.6289)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2AC #B2464C

analogous

#46B276 #46B2AC #4682B2

triadic

#46B2AC #AC46B2 #B2AC46

tetradic

#46B2AC #7646B2 #B2464C #82B246

square

#46B2AC #7646B2 #B2464C #82B246

split-complementary

#46B2AC #B24682 #B27646

monochromatic

#235A57 #358682 #46B2AC #6FC6C1 #9BD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#46B2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#46B2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2AC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2AC	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.098 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9c4',
    500: '#46b2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2ac;
$custom-light: #86c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7003,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.36121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2AC

secondary

#C49093

accent

#555CD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2AC

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

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