#46CCE5#46CCE5

#46CCE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.118 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46CCE5
RGB	rgb(70, 204, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -28.06, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 36.22, 219.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0995 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.118 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2555, 50.1406, 81.7755)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46CCE5 #E55F46

analogous

#46E5AE #46CCE5 #467CE5

triadic

#46CCE5 #E546CC #CCE546

tetradic

#46CCE5 #AE46E5 #E55F46 #7CE546

square

#46CCE5 #AE46E5 #E55F46 #7CE546

split-complementary

#46CCE5 #E5467C #E5AE46

monochromatic

#16869B #1DB4D0 #46CCE5 #7CDBED #B1EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#46CCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#46CCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CCE5

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46CCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46CCE5	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46cce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 204, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.118 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edced',
    500: '#46cce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46cce5;
$custom-light: #8edced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46cce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.434,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78342,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46CCE5

secondary

#9E4231

accent

#5336F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46CCE5

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

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