#46C5D8#46C5D8

#46C5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.112 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5D8
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -28.52, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 34.64, 214.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0977 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.112 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8814, 46.1885, 72.0294)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5D8 #D85946

analogous

#46D8A2 #46C5D8 #467CD8

triadic

#46C5D8 #D846C5 #C5D846

tetradic

#46C5D8 #A246D8 #D85946 #7CD846

square

#46C5D8 #A246D8 #D85946 #7CD846

split-complementary

#46C5D8 #D8467C #D8A246

monochromatic

#1C7987 #27A7BA #46C5D8 #79D5E3 #ABE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#46C5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#46C5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5D8

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5D8	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.112 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e4',
    500: '#46c5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5d8;
$custom-light: #8cd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76192,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5D8

secondary

#DBA79F

accent

#5640E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5D8

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

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