#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
RGBrgb(70, 201, 213)
HSLhsl(185, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(185, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.75, -31.35, -16.41)
CIE-LCHlch(74.75, 35.38, 207.63°)
OKLaboklab(77.03% -0.1029 -0.0455)
OKLCHoklch(77.03% 0.113 203.9)
XYZxyz(35.4175, 47.8755, 70.3122)
Luminance0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##46C9D51.001.9910.5810.58
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5821.001.001.00
##00000010.5821.001.001.00

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

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#46C9D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva