#46C4DC#46C4DC

#46C4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.113 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4DC
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -26.83, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 34.74, 219.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0951 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.113 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1785, 45.9453, 74.7106)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4DC #DC5E46

analogous

#46DCA9 #46C4DC #4679DC

triadic

#46C4DC #DC46C4 #C4DC46

tetradic

#46C4DC #A946DC #DC5E46 #79DC46

square

#46C4DC #A946DC #DC5E46 #79DC46

split-complementary

#46C4DC #DC4679 #DCA946

monochromatic

#1B7B8D #24A7C0 #46C4DC #79D4E6 #ADE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#46C4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#46C4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4DC

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4DC	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.113 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e6',
    500: '#46c4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4dc;
$custom-light: #8cd6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7611,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4DC

secondary

#DDAAA0

accent

#593DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4DC

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

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