#46B8A4#46B8A4

#46B8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8A4
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -36.90, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 36.91, 179.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1067 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.107 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3640, 38.2606, 41.1104)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8A4 #B8465A

analogous

#46B86B #46B8A4 #4693B8

triadic

#46B8A4 #A446B8 #B8A446

tetradic

#46B8A4 #6B46B8 #B8465A #93B846

square

#46B8A4 #6B46B8 #B8465A #93B846

split-complementary

#46B8A4 #B84693 #B86B46

monochromatic

#245F55 #358C7C #46B8A4 #72C9BA #9EDAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#46B8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#46B8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8A4

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8A4	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)

#B1AEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cebe',
    500: '#46b8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8a4;
$custom-light: #86cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.474,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71256,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8A4

secondary

#C7939C

accent

#536AD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8A4

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

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