#46B5AE#46B5AE

#46B5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.100 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B5AE
RGB	rgb(70, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -32.85, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 33.35, 190.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.099 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.1 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6862, 37.4030, 45.8493)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B5AE #B5464D

analogous

#46B577 #46B5AE #4685B5

triadic

#46B5AE #AE46B5 #B5AE46

tetradic

#46B5AE #7746B5 #B5464D #85B546

square

#46B5AE #7746B5 #B5464D #85B546

split-complementary

#46B5AE #B54685 #B57746

monochromatic

#245D59 #358984 #46B5AE #70C8C2 #9CD9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#46B5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#46B5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B5AE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B5AE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.100 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbc6',
    500: '#46b5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b5ae;
$custom-light: #86cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.216,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70833,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B5AE

secondary

#C59295

accent

#545CD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B5AE

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

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