#46B4AE#46B4AE

#46B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B4AE
RGB	rgb(70, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -32.37, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 32.97, 190.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0979 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.099 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4836, 36.9978, 45.7818)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B4AE #B4464C

analogous

#46B477 #46B4AE #4683B4

triadic

#46B4AE #AE46B4 #B4AE46

tetradic

#46B4AE #7746B4 #B4464C #83B446

square

#46B4AE #7746B4 #B4464C #83B446

split-complementary

#46B4AE #B44683 #B47746

monochromatic

#245C59 #358883 #46B4AE #70C7C3 #9CD8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#46B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#46B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B4AE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B4AE	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc6',
    500: '#46b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b4ae;
$custom-light: #86cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.727,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70588,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B4AE

secondary

#C59194

accent

#545BD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B4AE

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

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