#46B8A9#46B8A9

#46B8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8A9
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -35.60, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 35.65, 183.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1045 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.105 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8244, 38.4448, 43.5353)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8A9 #B84655

analogous

#46B870 #46B8A9 #468EB8

triadic

#46B8A9 #A946B8 #B8A946

tetradic

#46B8A9 #7046B8 #B84655 #8EB846

square

#46B8A9 #7046B8 #B84655 #8EB846

split-complementary

#46B8A9 #B8468E #B87046

monochromatic

#245F58 #358C80 #46B8A9 #72C9BE #9EDAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#46B8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#46B8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8A9

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8A9	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec2',
    500: '#46b8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8a9;
$custom-light: #86cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7141,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8A9

secondary

#C7939A

accent

#5364D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8A9

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

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