#46C5DC#46C5DC

#46C5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5DC
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -27.32, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 34.85, 218.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0961 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.113 212)
XYZ	xyz(35.4048, 46.3979, 74.7860)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5DC #DC5D46

analogous

#46DCA8 #46C5DC #467ADC

triadic

#46C5DC #DC46C5 #C5DC46

tetradic

#46C5DC #A846DC #DC5D46 #7ADC46

square

#46C5DC #A846DC #DC5D46 #7ADC46

split-complementary

#46C5DC #DC467A #DCA846

monochromatic

#1B7B8D #24A8C0 #46C5DC #79D5E6 #ADE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#46C5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#46C5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5DC

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5DC	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e6',
    500: '#46c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5dc;
$custom-light: #8cd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.2,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76346,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.46402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5DC

secondary

#DDAAA0

accent

#573DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5DC

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

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