#46C9DB#46C9DB

#46C9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.114 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9DB
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -29.58, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 35.35, 213.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.1005 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.114 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1931, 48.1857, 74.3974)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9DB #DB5846

analogous

#46DBA2 #46C9DB #467FDB

triadic

#46C9DB #DB46C9 #C9DB46

tetradic

#46C9DB #A246DB #DB5846 #7FDB46

square

#46C9DB #A246DB #DB5846 #7FDB46

split-complementary

#46C9DB #DB467F #DBA246

monochromatic

#1B7E8B #25ACBF #46C9DB #79D8E5 #ACE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#46C9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#46C9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9DB

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9DB	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.114 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e6',
    500: '#46c9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9db;
$custom-light: #8cd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.248,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77252,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9DB

secondary

#DDA7A0

accent

#523DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9DB

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

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