#46CEE5#46CEE5

#46CEE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46CEE5
RGB	rgb(70, 206, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -29.03, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 36.44, 217.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.1014 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.118 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7339, 51.0974, 81.9349)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46CEE5 #E55D46

analogous

#46E5AC #46CEE5 #467EE5

triadic

#46CEE5 #E546CE #CEE546

tetradic

#46CEE5 #AC46E5 #E55D46 #7EE546

square

#46CEE5 #AC46E5 #E55D46 #7EE546

split-complementary

#46CEE5 #E5467E #E5AC46

monochromatic

#16889B #1DB7D0 #46CEE5 #7CDCED #B1EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#46CEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#46CEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46CEE5

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46CEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46CEE5	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46cee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 206, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edded',
    500: '#46cee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46cee5;
$custom-light: #8edded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46cee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.679,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78811,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46CEE5

secondary

#9E4131

accent

#5136F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46CEE5

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

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