#46B8A6#46B8A6

#46B8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8A6
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -36.38, -0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 36.38, 180.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1058 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.106 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5460, 38.3334, 42.0691)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8A6 #B84658

analogous

#46B86D #46B8A6 #4691B8

triadic

#46B8A6 #A646B8 #B8A646

tetradic

#46B8A6 #6D46B8 #B84658 #91B846

square

#46B8A6 #6D46B8 #B84658 #91B846

split-complementary

#46B8A6 #B84691 #B86D46

monochromatic

#245F56 #358C7E #46B8A6 #72C9BC #9EDAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#46B8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8A6

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8A6	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec0',
    500: '#46b8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8a6;
$custom-light: #86cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71317,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8A6

secondary

#C7939B

accent

#5368D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8A6

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

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