#46C6DF#46C6DF

#46C6DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C6DF
RGB	rgb(70, 198, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -26.91, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 35.18, 220.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0959 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.115 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0335, 47.0139, 76.9733)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C6DF #DF5F46

analogous

#46DFAC #46C6DF #4679DF

triadic

#46C6DF #DF46C6 #C6DF46

tetradic

#46C6DF #AC46DF #DF5F46 #79DF46

square

#46C6DF #AC46DF #DF5F46 #79DF46

split-complementary

#46C6DF #DF4679 #DFAC46

monochromatic

#197E91 #22ABC6 #46C6DF #7AD6E8 #AEE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#46C6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#46C6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C6DF

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C6DF	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 198, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7e9',
    500: '#46c6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c6df;
$custom-light: #8cd7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.804,
    "s": 70.507,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76698,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C6DF

secondary

#DFACA2

accent

#583BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C6DF

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

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