#46C4DB#46C4DB

#46C4DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.113 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4DB
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 10.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -27.13, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 34.67, 218.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0955 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.113 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0465, 45.8925, 74.0152)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4DB #DB5D46

analogous

#46DBA8 #46C4DB #467ADB

triadic

#46C4DB #DB46C4 #C4DB46

tetradic

#46C4DB #A846DB #DB5D46 #7ADB46

square

#46C4DB #A846DB #DB5D46 #7ADB46

split-complementary

#46C4DB #DB467A #DBA846

monochromatic

#1B7A8B #25A7BF #46C4DB #79D4E5 #ACE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#46C4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#46C4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4DB

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4DB	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.113 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e6',
    500: '#46c4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4db;
$custom-light: #8cd6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.262,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76071,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4DB

secondary

#DDA9A0

accent

#583DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4DB

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

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