#46BDD4#46BDD4

#46BDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46BDD4
RGB	rgb(70, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -25.76, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 33.41, 219.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0913 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.109 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6021, 42.4471, 68.7495)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46BDD4 #D45D46

analogous

#46D4A4 #46BDD4 #4676D4

triadic

#46BDD4 #D446BD #BDD446

tetradic

#46BDD4 #A446D4 #D45D46 #76D446

square

#46BDD4 #A446D4 #D45D46 #76D446

split-complementary

#46BDD4 #D44676 #D4A446

monochromatic

#1E7181 #2A9DB3 #46BDD4 #78CFE0 #A9E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#46BDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#46BDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46BDD4

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46BDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46BDD4	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46bdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e1',
    500: '#46bdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46bdd4;
$custom-light: #8ad1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46bdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.718,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74142,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46BDD4

secondary

#D9A79D

accent

#5D42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #46BDD4

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

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