#46B3A4#46B3A4

#46B3A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.102 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3A4
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 8.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -34.59, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 34.63, 182.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.1014 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.102 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3437, 36.2200, 40.7703)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3A4 #B34655

analogous

#46B36E #46B3A4 #468CB3

triadic

#46B3A4 #A446B3 #B3A446

tetradic

#46B3A4 #6E46B3 #B34655 #8CB346

square

#46B3A4 #6E46B3 #B34655 #8CB346

split-complementary

#46B3A4 #B3468C #B36E46

monochromatic

#245B53 #35877C #46B3A4 #6FC7BB #9BD8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#46B3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#46B3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3A4

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3A4	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.102 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cabe',
    500: '#46b3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3a4;
$custom-light: #85cabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.743,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70017,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3A4

secondary

#C49098

accent

#5466D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3A4

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

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