#46D1E4#46D1E4

#46D1E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.119 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D1E4
RGB	rgb(70, 209, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -30.79, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 36.83, 213.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.1047 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.119 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3238, 52.4999, 81.4448)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D1E4 #E45946

analogous

#46E4A8 #46D1E4 #4682E4

triadic

#46D1E4 #E446D1 #D1E446

tetradic

#46D1E4 #A846E4 #E45946 #82E446

square

#46D1E4 #A846E4 #E45946 #82E446

split-complementary

#46D1E4 #E44682 #E4A846

monochromatic

#168999 #1EB9CF #46D1E4 #7BDEEC #B1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#46D1E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#46D1E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D1E4

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D1E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D1E4	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d1e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 209, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.119 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfec',
    500: '#46d1e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d1e4;
$custom-light: #8edfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d1e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.215,
    "s": 74.528,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D1E4

secondary

#9D3E31

accent

#4D37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D1E4

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

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