#46C9D8#46C9D8

#46C9D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.113 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9D8
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -30.47, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 35.33, 210.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.1017 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.113 206)
XYZ	xyz(35.8018, 48.0292, 72.3361)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9D8 #D85546

analogous

#46D89E #46C9D8 #4680D8

triadic

#46C9D8 #D846C9 #C9D846

tetradic

#46C9D8 #9E46D8 #D85546 #80D846

square

#46C9D8 #9E46D8 #D85546 #80D846

split-complementary

#46C9D8 #D84680 #D89E46

monochromatic

#1C7C87 #27ABBA #46C9D8 #79D8E3 #ABE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#46C9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#46C9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9D8

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9D8	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.113 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e4',
    500: '#46c9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9d8;
$custom-light: #8cd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.164,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7714,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.48033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9D8

secondary

#DBA59F

accent

#5140E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9D8

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

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