#46B4AC#46B4AC

#46B4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.100 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4AC
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -32.92, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 33.33, 189.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0988 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.1 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2901, 36.9204, 44.7626)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4AC #B4464E

analogous

#46B475 #46B4AC #4685B4

triadic

#46B4AC #AC46B4 #B4AC46

tetradic

#46B4AC #7546B4 #B4464E #85B446

square

#46B4AC #7546B4 #B4464E #85B446

split-complementary

#46B4AC #B44685 #B47546

monochromatic

#245C58 #358882 #46B4AC #70C7C1 #9CD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#46B4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#46B4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4AC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4AC	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.100 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc4',
    500: '#46b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4ac;
$custom-light: #86cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70521,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4AC

secondary

#C59195

accent

#545DD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4AC

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

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