#46C9E1#46C9E1

#46C9E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46C9E1
RGB	rgb(70, 201, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -27.79, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 35.62, 218.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0981 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.116 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9973, 48.5074, 78.6326)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46C9E1 #E15E46

analogous

#46E1AB #46C9E1 #467CE1

triadic

#46C9E1 #E146C9 #C9E146

tetradic

#46C9E1 #AB46E1 #E15E46 #7CE146

square

#46C9E1 #AB46E1 #E15E46 #7CE146

split-complementary

#46C9E1 #E1467C #E1AB46

monochromatic

#188195 #21AFC9 #46C9E1 #7BD8EA #AFE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#46C9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#46C9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46C9E1

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46C9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46C9E1	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46c9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 201, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9ea',
    500: '#46c9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46c9e1;
$custom-light: #8dd9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46c9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.29,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77482,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46C9E1

secondary

#E0ACA2

accent

#5539EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #46C9E1

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

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