#46B79C#46B79C

#46B79C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B79C
RGB	rgb(70, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 14.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -38.48, 4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 38.72, 173.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.1094 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.11 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4572, 37.5667, 37.3555)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B79C #B74661

analogous

#46B764 #46B79C #4699B7

triadic

#46B79C #9C46B7 #B79C46

tetradic

#46B79C #6446B7 #B74661 #99B746

square

#46B79C #6446B7 #B74661 #99B746

split-complementary

#46B79C #B74699 #B76446

monochromatic

#245E51 #358B76 #46B79C #71C9B4 #9EDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#46B79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#46B79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B79C

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B79C	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdb9',
    500: '#46b79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b79c;
$custom-light: #85cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.664,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7077,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B79C

secondary

#C6939F

accent

#5372D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B79C

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

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