#46C8E0#46C8E0

#46C8E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C8E0
RGB	rgb(70, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -27.60, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 35.45, 218.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0975 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.115 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6289, 47.9883, 77.8388)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C8E0 #E05E46

analogous

#46E0AB #46C8E0 #467BE0

triadic

#46C8E0 #E046C8 #C8E046

tetradic

#46C8E0 #AB46E0 #E05E46 #7BE046

square

#46C8E0 #AB46E0 #E05E46 #7BE046

split-complementary

#46C8E0 #E0467B #E0AB46

monochromatic

#198093 #21AEC7 #46C8E0 #7AD8E9 #AFE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#46C8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#46C8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C8E0

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C8E0	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e9',
    500: '#46c8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c8e0;
$custom-light: #8dd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77208,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C8E0

secondary

#E0ACA2

accent

#563AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C8E0

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

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