#46C2D8#46C2D8

#46C2D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C2D8
RGB	rgb(70, 194, 216)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -27.04, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 34.24, 217.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0947 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.111 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2070, 44.8397, 71.8046)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C2D8 #D85C46

analogous

#46D8A5 #46C2D8 #4679D8

triadic

#46C2D8 #D846C2 #C2D846

tetradic

#46C2D8 #A546D8 #D85C46 #79D846

square

#46C2D8 #A546D8 #D85C46 #79D846

split-complementary

#46C2D8 #D84679 #D8A546

monochromatic

#1C7787 #27A4BA #46C2D8 #79D3E3 #ABE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#46C2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#46C2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C2D8

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C2D8	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 194, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4e4',
    500: '#46c2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c2d8;
$custom-light: #8bd4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.041,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75482,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C2D8

secondary

#DBA89F

accent

#5940E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C2D8

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

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