#46C5DB#46C5DB

#46C5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5DB
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 10%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -27.62, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 34.78, 217.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0965 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.113 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2728, 46.3451, 74.0906)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5DB #DB5C46

analogous

#46DBA7 #46C5DB #467BDB

triadic

#46C5DB #DB46C5 #C5DB46

tetradic

#46C5DB #A746DB #DB5C46 #7BDB46

square

#46C5DB #A746DB #DB5C46 #7BDB46

split-complementary

#46C5DB #DB467B #DBA746

monochromatic

#1B7B8B #25A8BF #46C5DB #79D5E5 #ACE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#46C5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#46C5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5DB

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5DB	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e6',
    500: '#46c5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5db;
$custom-light: #8cd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76307,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5DB

secondary

#DDA9A0

accent

#573DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5DB

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

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