#46B4AA#46B4AA

#46B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.100 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4AA
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -33.46, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 33.72, 187.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0997 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.1 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0995, 36.8441, 43.7586)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4AA #B44650

analogous

#46B473 #46B4AA #4687B4

triadic

#46B4AA #AA46B4 #B4AA46

tetradic

#46B4AA #7346B4 #B44650 #87B446

square

#46B4AA #7346B4 #B44650 #87B446

split-complementary

#46B4AA #B44687 #B47346

monochromatic

#245C57 #358880 #46B4AA #70C7BF #9CD8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#46B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#46B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4AA

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4AA	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.100 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc3',
    500: '#46b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4aa;
$custom-light: #86cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4AA

secondary

#C59196

accent

#5460D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4AA

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

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