#46CDD8#46CDD8

#46CDD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46CDD8
RGB	rgb(70, 205, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -32.39, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 36.17, 206.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1057 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.115 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7464, 49.9184, 72.6510)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46CDD8 #D85146

analogous

#46D89A #46CDD8 #4684D8

triadic

#46CDD8 #D846CD #CDD846

tetradic

#46CDD8 #9A46D8 #D85146 #84D846

square

#46CDD8 #9A46D8 #D85146 #84D846

split-complementary

#46CDD8 #D84684 #D89A46

monochromatic

#1C7F87 #27AFBA #46CDD8 #79DBE3 #ABE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#46CDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#46CDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CDD8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46CDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46CDD8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46cdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 205, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdce4',
    500: '#46cdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46cdd8;
$custom-light: #8cdce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46cdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.521,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7809,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46CDD8

secondary

#DBA39F

accent

#4C40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #46CDD8

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

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