#46C9DC#46C9DC

#46C9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.114 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#46C9DC
RGBrgb(70, 201, 220)
HSLhsl(188, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(188, 68%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.98, -29.28, -19.85)
CIE-LCHlch(74.98, 35.38, 214.13°)
OKLaboklab(77.29% -0.1001 -0.0551)
OKLCHoklch(77.29% 0.114 208.9)
XYZxyz(36.3252, 48.2386, 75.0928)
Luminance0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#46C9DC #DC5946
analogous
#46DCA4 #46C9DC #467EDC
triadic
#46C9DC #DC46C9 #C9DC46
tetradic
#46C9DC #A446DC #DC5946 #7EDC46
square
#46C9DC #A446DC #DC5946 #7EDC46
split-complementary
#46C9DC #DC467E #DCA446
monochromatic
#1B7E8D #24ADC0 #46C9DC #79D8E6 #ADE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#46C9DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65
#46C9DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9DC
10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##46C9DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##46C9DC1.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C2DD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2B2DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D2CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #46c9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.114 208.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e6',
    500: '#46c9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #46c9dc;
$custom-light: #8cd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#46c9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7729,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#46C9DC
secondary
#DDA8A0
accent
#533DEB
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

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#46C9DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva