#46BAAF#46BAAF

#46BAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BAAF
RGB	rgb(70, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -34.92, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 35.16, 186.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1039 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.105 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8190, 39.5121, 46.7096)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BAAF #BA4651

analogous

#46BA75 #46BAAF #468BBA

triadic

#46BAAF #AF46BA #BAAF46

tetradic

#46BAAF #7546BA #BA4651 #8BBA46

square

#46BAAF #7546BA #BA4651 #8BBA46

split-complementary

#46BAAF #BA468B #BA7546

monochromatic

#24615C #358E85 #46BAAF #73CBC2 #9FDBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#46BAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#46BAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BAAF

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BAAF	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)

#B1B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46baaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 186.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46baaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.31,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72094,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BAAF

secondary

#C89499

accent

#525FD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BAAF

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

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