#46C5D9#46C5D9

#46C5D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.112 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5D9
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -28.22, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 34.68, 215.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0973 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.112 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0111, 46.2404, 72.7123)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5D9 #D95A46

analogous

#46D9A4 #46C5D9 #467CD9

triadic

#46C5D9 #D946C5 #C5D946

tetradic

#46C5D9 #A446D9 #D95A46 #7CD946

square

#46C5D9 #A446D9 #D95A46 #7CD946

split-complementary

#46C5D9 #D9467C #D9A446

monochromatic

#1C7A89 #26A7BB #46C5D9 #79D5E3 #ACE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#46C5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#46C5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5D9

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5D9	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.112 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e4',
    500: '#46c5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5d9;
$custom-light: #8cd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.163,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7623,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5D9

secondary

#DCA79F

accent

#563FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5D9

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

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