#46B8A3#46B8A3

#46B8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8A3
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -37.16, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 37.18, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.1072 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.107 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2740, 38.2247, 40.6367)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8A3 #B8465B

analogous

#46B86A #46B8A3 #4694B8

triadic

#46B8A3 #A346B8 #B8A346

tetradic

#46B8A3 #6A46B8 #B8465B #94B846

square

#46B8A3 #6A46B8 #B8465B #94B846

split-complementary

#46B8A3 #B84694 #B86A46

monochromatic

#245F54 #358C7C #46B8A3 #72C9B9 #9EDACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#46B8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#46B8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8A3

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8A3	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cebe',
    500: '#46b8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8a3;
$custom-light: #86cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.947,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8A3

secondary

#C7939D

accent

#536BD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8A3

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

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