#46BAAE#46BAAE

#46BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAAE
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -35.19, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 35.37, 185.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.1043 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.105 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7212, 39.4729, 46.1943)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAAE #BA4652

analogous

#46BA74 #46BAAE #468CBA

triadic

#46BAAE #AE46BA #BAAE46

tetradic

#46BAAE #7446BA #BA4652 #8CBA46

square

#46BAAE #7446BA #BA4652 #8CBA46

split-complementary

#46BAAE #BA468C #BA7446

monochromatic

#24615B #358E85 #46BAAE #73CBC2 #9FDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#46BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#46BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAAE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAAE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfc6',
    500: '#46baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46baae;
$custom-light: #87cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72061,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAAE

secondary

#C89499

accent

#5260D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAAE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →