#46B3AD#46B3AD

#46B3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.099 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B3AD
RGB	rgb(70, 179, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 3.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -32.17, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 32.76, 190.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0973 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.099 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1854, 36.5567, 45.2032)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B3AD #B3464C

analogous

#46B377 #46B3AD #4683B3

triadic

#46B3AD #AD46B3 #B3AD46

tetradic

#46B3AD #7746B3 #B3464C #83B346

square

#46B3AD #7746B3 #B3464C #83B346

split-complementary

#46B3AD #B34683 #B37746

monochromatic

#245B58 #358782 #46B3AD #6FC7C2 #9BD8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#46B3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#46B3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B3AD

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B3AD	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 179, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.099 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cac5',
    500: '#46b3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b3ad;
$custom-light: #86cac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.697,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70309,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B3AD

secondary

#C49093

accent

#545BD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B3AD

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

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