#46CAD4#46CAD4

#46CAD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.113 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46CAD4
RGB	rgb(70, 202, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -32.12, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 35.65, 205.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.1043 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.113 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5248, 48.2926, 69.7237)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46CAD4 #D45046

analogous

#46D497 #46CAD4 #4683D4

triadic

#46CAD4 #D446CA #CAD446

tetradic

#46CAD4 #9746D4 #D45046 #83D446

square

#46CAD4 #9746D4 #D45046 #83D446

split-complementary

#46CAD4 #D44683 #D49746

monochromatic

#1E7B81 #2AA9B3 #46CAD4 #78D8E0 #A9E6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#46CAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#46CAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CAD4

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46CAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46CAD4	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46cad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 202, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.113 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdae1',
    500: '#46cad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46cad4;
$custom-light: #8cdae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46cad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.225,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77231,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46CAD4

secondary

#D9A19D

accent

#4E42E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46CAD4

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

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