#46B8AE#46B8AE

#46B8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.103 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B8AE
RGB	rgb(70, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -34.26, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 34.55, 187.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1022 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.103 187)
XYZ	xyz(27.3028, 38.6362, 46.0548)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B8AE #B84650

analogous

#46B875 #46B8AE #4689B8

triadic

#46B8AE #AE46B8 #B8AE46

tetradic

#46B8AE #7546B8 #B84650 #89B846

square

#46B8AE #7546B8 #B84650 #89B846

split-complementary

#46B8AE #B84689 #B87546

monochromatic

#245F5A #358C84 #46B8AE #72C9C2 #9EDAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#46B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#46B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B8AE

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B8AE	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.103 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec6',
    500: '#46b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b8ae;
$custom-light: #86cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.737,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7157,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B8AE

secondary

#C79398

accent

#535FD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B8AE

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

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