#46C5DA#46C5DA

#46C5DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5DA
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -27.92, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 34.73, 216.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0969 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.113 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1416, 46.2926, 73.3994)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5DA #DA5B46

analogous

#46DAA5 #46C5DA #467BDA

triadic

#46C5DA #DA46C5 #C5DA46

tetradic

#46C5DA #A546DA #DA5B46 #7BDA46

square

#46C5DA #A546DA #DA5B46 #7BDA46

split-complementary

#46C5DA #DA467B #DAA546

monochromatic

#1C7A8A #26A8BD #46C5DA #79D5E4 #ACE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#46C5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#46C5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5DA

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5DA	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e5',
    500: '#46c5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5da;
$custom-light: #8cd7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.514,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76268,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5DA

secondary

#DCA8A0

accent

#573EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5DA

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

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