#46C5CA#46C5CA

#46C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5CA
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -32.61, -12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 35.01, 201.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.1035 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.109 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1480, 45.4952, 62.9001)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5CA #CA4B46

analogous

#46CA8D #46C5CA #4683CA

triadic

#46C5CA #CA46C5 #C5CA46

tetradic

#46C5CA #8D46CA #CA4B46 #83CA46

square

#46C5CA #8D46CA #CA4B46 #83CA46

split-complementary

#46C5CA #CA4683 #CA8D46

monochromatic

#217174 #2F9FA4 #46C5CA #76D4D8 #A5E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#46C5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#46C5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5CA

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5CA	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7da',
    500: '#46c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5ca;
$custom-light: #8ad7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.273,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75678,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5CA

secondary

#D29C9A

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5CA

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

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