#46B6AA#46B6AA

#46B6AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.102 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6AA
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 6.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -34.40, -3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 34.56, 185.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1019 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.102 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5061, 37.6575, 43.8941)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6AA #B64652

analogous

#46B672 #46B6AA #468AB6

triadic

#46B6AA #AA46B6 #B6AA46

tetradic

#46B6AA #7246B6 #B64652 #8AB646

square

#46B6AA #7246B6 #B64652 #8AB646

split-complementary

#46B6AA #B6468A #B67246

monochromatic

#245E57 #358A81 #46B6AA #71C8BF #9DD9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#46B6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#46B6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6AA

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6AA	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.102 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccc3',
    500: '#46b6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6aa;
$custom-light: #86ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.571,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70949,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6AA

secondary

#C69298

accent

#5461D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6AA

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

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