#46B2AD#46B2AD

#46B2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.098 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B2AD
RGB	rgb(70, 178, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -31.69, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 32.38, 191.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0963 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.098 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9857, 36.1573, 45.1366)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B2AD #B2464B

analogous

#46B277 #46B2AD #4681B2

triadic

#46B2AD #AD46B2 #B2AD46

tetradic

#46B2AD #7746B2 #B2464B #81B246

square

#46B2AD #7746B2 #B2464B #81B246

split-complementary

#46B2AD #B24681 #B27746

monochromatic

#235A58 #358682 #46B2AD #6FC6C2 #9BD8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#46B2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#46B2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B2AD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B2AD	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 178, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.098 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9c5',
    500: '#46b2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b2ad;
$custom-light: #86c9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.222,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70063,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B2AD

secondary

#C49092

accent

#555AD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B2AD

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

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