#46B3A5#46B3A5

#46B3A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.101 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3A5
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 7.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -34.33, -2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 34.39, 183.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.1009 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.101 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4343, 36.2563, 41.2478)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3A5 #B34654

analogous

#46B36F #46B3A5 #468BB3

triadic

#46B3A5 #A546B3 #B3A546

tetradic

#46B3A5 #6F46B3 #B34654 #8BB346

square

#46B3A5 #6F46B3 #B34654 #8BB346

split-complementary

#46B3A5 #B3468B #B36F46

monochromatic

#245B54 #35877C #46B3A5 #6FC7BC #9BD8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#46B3A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#46B3A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3A5

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3A5	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.101 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cabf',
    500: '#46b3a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3a5;
$custom-light: #85cabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.294,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70048,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3A5

secondary

#C49097

accent

#5465D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3A5

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

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