#46C6D8#46C6D8

#46C6D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C6D8
RGB	rgb(70, 198, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -29.01, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 34.80, 213.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0987 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.112 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1092, 46.6442, 72.1053)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C6D8 #D85846

analogous

#46D8A1 #46C6D8 #467DD8

triadic

#46C6D8 #D846C6 #C6D846

tetradic

#46C6D8 #A146D8 #D85846 #7DD846

square

#46C6D8 #A146D8 #D85846 #7DD846

split-complementary

#46C6D8 #D8467D #D8A146

monochromatic

#1C7A87 #27A8BA #46C6D8 #79D6E3 #ABE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#46C6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#46C6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C6D8

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C6D8	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 198, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e4',
    500: '#46c6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c6d8;
$custom-light: #8cd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76429,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C6D8

secondary

#DBA69F

accent

#5440E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C6D8

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

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