#46C9DA#46C9DA

#46C9DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9DA
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -29.88, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 35.34, 212.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.1009 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.114 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0619, 48.1332, 73.7062)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9DA #DA5746

analogous

#46DAA1 #46C9DA #467FDA

triadic

#46C9DA #DA46C9 #C9DA46

tetradic

#46C9DA #A146DA #DA5746 #7FDA46

square

#46C9DA #A146DA #DA5746 #7FDA46

split-complementary

#46C9DA #DA467F #DAA146

monochromatic

#1C7D8A #26ACBD #46C9DA #79D8E4 #ACE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#46C9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#46C9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9DA

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9DA	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e5',
    500: '#46c9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9da;
$custom-light: #8cd9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.892,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77215,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9DA

secondary

#DCA7A0

accent

#523EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9DA

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

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