#46B9AA#46B9AA

#46B9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B9AA
RGB	rgb(70, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -35.79, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 35.85, 183.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1051 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.105 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1271, 38.8994, 44.1011)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B9AA #B94655

analogous

#46B971 #46B9AA #468EB9

triadic

#46B9AA #AA46B9 #B9AA46

tetradic

#46B9AA #7146B9 #B94655 #8EB946

square

#46B9AA #7146B9 #B94655 #8EB946

split-complementary

#46B9AA #B9468E #B97146

monochromatic

#246058 #358D81 #46B9AA #72CABE #9FDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#46B9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#46B9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B9AA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B9AA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec3',
    500: '#46b9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b9aa;
$custom-light: #86cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71688,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B9AA

secondary

#C7949A

accent

#5364D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B9AA

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

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