#46B8A5#46B8A5

#46B8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8A5
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -36.64, 0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 36.64, 179.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1063 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.106 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4547, 38.2969, 41.5879)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8A5 #B84659

analogous

#46B86C #46B8A5 #4692B8

triadic

#46B8A5 #A546B8 #B8A546

tetradic

#46B8A5 #6C46B8 #B84659 #92B846

square

#46B8A5 #6C46B8 #B84659 #92B846

split-complementary

#46B8A5 #B84692 #B86C46

monochromatic

#245F55 #358C7D #46B8A5 #72C9BB #9EDAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#46B8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8A5

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8A5	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cebf',
    500: '#46b8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8a5;
$custom-light: #86cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71286,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8A5

secondary

#C7939C

accent

#5369D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8A5

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

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