#46CDE0#46CDE0

#46CDE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.117 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46CDE0
RGB	rgb(70, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -30.04, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 36.10, 213.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.1024 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.117 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8059, 50.3422, 78.2311)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46CDE0 #E05946

analogous

#46E0A6 #46CDE0 #4680E0

triadic

#46CDE0 #E046CD #CDE046

tetradic

#46CDE0 #A646E0 #E05946 #80E046

square

#46CDE0 #A646E0 #E05946 #80E046

split-complementary

#46CDE0 #E04680 #E0A646

monochromatic

#198493 #21B3C7 #46CDE0 #7ADBE9 #AFE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#46CDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#46CDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CDE0

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46CDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46CDE0	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46cde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.117 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce9',
    500: '#46cde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46cde0;
$custom-light: #8ddce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46cde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.403,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78386,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46CDE0

secondary

#983F33

accent

#503AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46CDE0

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

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