#46C1CC#46C1CC

#46C1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C1CC
RGB	rgb(70, 193, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -30.11, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 33.88, 207.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0986 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.108 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4901, 43.7980, 63.8566)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C1CC #CC5146

analogous

#46CC94 #46C1CC #467ECC

triadic

#46C1CC #CC46C1 #C1CC46

tetradic

#46C1CC #9446CC #CC5146 #7ECC46

square

#46C1CC #9446CC #CC5146 #7ECC46

split-complementary

#46C1CC #CC467E #CC9446

monochromatic

#217077 #2E9DA7 #46C1CC #76D1D9 #A6E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#46C1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#46C1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C1CC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C1CC	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 193, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad4db',
    500: '#46c1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c1cc;
$custom-light: #8ad4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74791,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C1CC

secondary

#D49F9A

accent

#5448E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C1CC

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

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