#46BAAD#46BAAD

#46BAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.105 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAAD
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -35.46, -3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 35.59, 184.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1048 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.105 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6241, 39.4341, 45.6828)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAAD #BA4653

analogous

#46BA73 #46BAAD #468DBA

triadic

#46BAAD #AD46BA #BAAD46

tetradic

#46BAAD #7346BA #BA4653 #8DBA46

square

#46BAAD #7346BA #BA4653 #8DBA46

split-complementary

#46BAAD #BA468D #BA7346

monochromatic

#24615A #358E84 #46BAAD #73CBC1 #9FDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#46BAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#46BAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAAD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAAD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46baad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.105 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfc5',
    500: '#46baad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46baad;
$custom-light: #87cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46baad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.276,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7203,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAAD

secondary

#C8949A

accent

#5261D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAAD

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

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