#46B8A7#46B8A7

#46B8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.105 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8A7
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -36.12, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 36.13, 181.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1054 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.105 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6381, 38.3703, 42.5541)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8A7 #B84657

analogous

#46B86E #46B8A7 #4690B8

triadic

#46B8A7 #A746B8 #B8A746

tetradic

#46B8A7 #6E46B8 #B84657 #90B846

square

#46B8A7 #6E46B8 #B84657 #90B846

split-complementary

#46B8A7 #B84690 #B86E46

monochromatic

#245F57 #358C7F #46B8A7 #72C9BC #9EDAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#46B8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8A7

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8A7	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)

#B0AEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.105 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec1',
    500: '#46b8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8a7;
$custom-light: #86cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.053,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71348,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8A7

secondary

#C7939B

accent

#5367D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8A7

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

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