#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
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -29.28, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 35.38, 214.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.1001 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.114 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3252, 48.2386, 75.0928)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##46C9DC	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9DC

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

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