#46B8A8#46B8A8

#46B8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8A8
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -35.86, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 35.89, 182.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1049 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.105 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7309, 38.4074, 43.0428)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8A8 #B84656

analogous

#46B86F #46B8A8 #468FB8

triadic

#46B8A8 #A846B8 #B8A846

tetradic

#46B8A8 #6F46B8 #B84656 #8FB846

square

#46B8A8 #6F46B8 #B84656 #8FB846

split-complementary

#46B8A8 #B8468F #B86F46

monochromatic

#245F57 #358C80 #46B8A8 #72C9BD #9EDAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#46B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8A8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8A8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec1',
    500: '#46b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8a8;
$custom-light: #86cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.579,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71379,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8A8

secondary

#C7939A

accent

#5365D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8A8

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

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