#46B5AB#46B5AB

#46B5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.101 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5AB
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 5.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -33.66, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 33.93, 187.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.1004 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.101 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3970, 37.2873, 44.3262)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5AB #B54650

analogous

#46B574 #46B5AB #4688B5

triadic

#46B5AB #AB46B5 #B5AB46

tetradic

#46B5AB #7446B5 #B54650 #88B546

square

#46B5AB #7446B5 #B54650 #88B546

split-complementary

#46B5AB #B54688 #B57446

monochromatic

#245D58 #358981 #46B5AB #70C8C0 #9CD9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#46B5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#46B5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5AB

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5AB	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.101 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc3',
    500: '#46b5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5ab;
$custom-light: #86cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.595,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70735,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5AB

secondary

#C59296

accent

#545FD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5AB

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

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