#46B4AD#46B4AD

#46B4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4AD
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 173)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -32.64, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 33.15, 189.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0984 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.1 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3865, 36.9590, 45.2703)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4AD #B4464D

analogous

#46B476 #46B4AD #4684B4

triadic

#46B4AD #AD46B4 #B4AD46

tetradic

#46B4AD #7646B4 #B4464D #84B446

square

#46B4AD #7646B4 #B4464D #84B446

split-complementary

#46B4AD #B44684 #B47646

monochromatic

#245C58 #358883 #46B4AD #70C7C2 #9CD8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#46B4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#46B4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4AD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4AD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc5',
    500: '#46b4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4ad;
$custom-light: #86cbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70554,
    "c": 0.09971,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4AD

secondary

#C59194

accent

#545CD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4AD

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

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