#46C5DE#46C5DE

#46C5DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C5DE
RGB	rgb(70, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -26.72, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 35.00, 220.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0953 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.114 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6713, 46.5045, 76.1894)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C5DE #DE5F46

analogous

#46DEAB #46C5DE #4679DE

triadic

#46C5DE #DE46C5 #C5DE46

tetradic

#46C5DE #AB46DE #DE5F46 #79DE46

square

#46C5DE #AB46DE #DE5F46 #79DE46

split-complementary

#46C5DE #DE4679 #DEAB46

monochromatic

#1A7C90 #23A9C4 #46C5DE #7AD5E7 #AEE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#46C5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#46C5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C5DE

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C5DE	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e8',
    500: '#46c5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c5de;
$custom-light: #8cd7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.868,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76424,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C5DE

secondary

#DFABA1

accent

#583BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C5DE

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

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