#46C9D4#46C9D4

#46C9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9D4
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -31.64, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 35.42, 206.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.1033 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.112 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2909, 47.8249, 69.6458)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9D4 #D45146

analogous

#46D498 #46C9D4 #4682D4

triadic

#46C9D4 #D446C9 #C9D446

tetradic

#46C9D4 #9846D4 #D45146 #82D446

square

#46C9D4 #9846D4 #D45146 #82D446

split-complementary

#46C9D4 #D44682 #D49846

monochromatic

#1E7A81 #2AA9B3 #46C9D4 #78D7E0 #A9E6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#46C9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#46C9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9D4

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9D4	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdae1',
    500: '#46c9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9d4;
$custom-light: #8bdae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.648,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76993,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9D4

secondary

#D9A29D

accent

#4F42E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9D4

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

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