#46C5DD#46C5DD

#46C5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46C5DD
RGBrgb(70, 197, 221)
HSLhsl(190, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(190, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.84, -27.02, -22.12)
CIE-LCHlch(73.84, 34.92, 219.30°)
OKLaboklab(76.39% -0.0957 -0.0615)
OKLCHoklch(76.39% 0.114 212.7)
XYZxyz(35.5377, 46.4510, 75.4856)
Luminance0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46C5DD #DD5E46
analogous
#46DDA9 #46C5DD #467ADD
triadic
#46C5DD #DD46C5 #C5DD46
tetradic
#46C5DD #A946DD #DD5E46 #7ADD46
square
#46C5DD #A946DD #DD5E46 #7ADD46
split-complementary
#46C5DD #DD467A #DDA946
monochromatic
#1A7C8E #24A9C2 #46C5DD #7AD5E7 #ADE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#46C5DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29
#46C5DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5DD
10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46C5DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46C5DD1.002.0410.2910.29
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2921.001.001.00
##00000010.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3BEDE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DAFDD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFCC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46c5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 212.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e7',
    500: '#46c5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46c5dd;
$custom-light: #8cd7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46c5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.536,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76385,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46C5DD
secondary
#DEAAA1
accent
#583CEC
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#46C5DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva