#46C4DD#46C4DD

#46C4DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C4DD
RGB	rgb(70, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -26.53, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 34.82, 220.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0947 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.114 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3114, 45.9984, 75.4102)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C4DD #DD5F46

analogous

#46DDAB #46C4DD #4678DD

triadic

#46C4DD #DD46C4 #C4DD46

tetradic

#46C4DD #AB46DD #DD5F46 #78DD46

square

#46C4DD #AB46DD #DD5F46 #78DD46

split-complementary

#46C4DD #DD4678 #DDAB46

monochromatic

#1A7B8E #24A8C2 #46C4DD #7AD4E7 #ADE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#46C4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#46C4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C4DD

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C4DD	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6e7',
    500: '#46c4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c4dd;
$custom-light: #8cd6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.934,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76149,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C4DD

secondary

#DEABA1

accent

#593CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C4DD

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

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