#46C8DF#46C8DF

#46C8DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C8DF
RGB	rgb(70, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -27.90, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 35.38, 217.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0979 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.115 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4937, 47.9342, 77.1266)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C8DF #DF5D46

analogous

#46DFAA #46C8DF #467BDF

triadic

#46C8DF #DF46C8 #C8DF46

tetradic

#46C8DF #AA46DF #DF5D46 #7BDF46

square

#46C8DF #AA46DF #DF5D46 #7BDF46

split-complementary

#46C8DF #DF467B #DFAA46

monochromatic

#197F91 #22ADC6 #46C8DF #7AD8E8 #AEE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#46C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#46C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C8DF

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C8DF	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e9',
    500: '#46c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c8df;
$custom-light: #8dd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.02,
    "s": 70.507,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77169,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C8DF

secondary

#DFABA2

accent

#553BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C8DF

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

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