#46CDE5#46CDE5

#46CDE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.118 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46CDE5
RGB	rgb(70, 205, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -28.55, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 36.32, 218.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.1004 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.118 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4940, 50.6174, 81.8549)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46CDE5 #E55E46

analogous

#46E5AE #46CDE5 #467DE5

triadic

#46CDE5 #E546CD #CDE546

tetradic

#46CDE5 #AE46E5 #E55E46 #7DE546

square

#46CDE5 #AE46E5 #E55E46 #7DE546

split-complementary

#46CDE5 #E5467D #E5AE46

monochromatic

#16879B #1DB5D0 #46CDE5 #7CDCED #B1EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#46CDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#46CDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CDE5

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46CDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46CDE5	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46cde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 205, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.118 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edced',
    500: '#46cde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46cde5;
$custom-light: #8edced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46cde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78577,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46CDE5

secondary

#9E4131

accent

#5236F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46CDE5

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

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