#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
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -27.02, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 34.92, 219.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0957 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.114 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5377, 46.4510, 75.4856)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##46C5DD	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #46C5DD

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

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