#46C9D5#46C9D5

#46C9D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.113 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9D5
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -31.35, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 35.38, 207.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.1029 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.113 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4175, 47.8755, 70.3122)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9D5 #D55246

analogous

#46D599 #46C9D5 #4681D5

triadic

#46C9D5 #D546C9 #C9D546

tetradic

#46C9D5 #9946D5 #D55246 #81D546

square

#46C9D5 #9946D5 #D55246 #81D546

split-complementary

#46C9D5 #D54681 #D59946

monochromatic

#1E7A83 #29A9B5 #46C9D5 #78D8E0 #AAE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#46C9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#46C9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9D5

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9D5	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.113 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdae1',
    500: '#46c9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9d5;
$custom-light: #8cdae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.035,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7703,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9D5

secondary

#D9A39E

accent

#5042E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9D5

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

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