#46D1E5#46D1E5

#46D1E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.119 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D1E5
RGB	rgb(70, 209, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -30.49, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 36.85, 214.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.1043 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.119 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4630, 52.5556, 82.1780)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D1E5 #E55A46

analogous

#46E5A9 #46D1E5 #4681E5

triadic

#46D1E5 #E546D1 #D1E546

tetradic

#46D1E5 #A946E5 #E55A46 #81E546

square

#46D1E5 #A946E5 #E55A46 #81E546

split-complementary

#46D1E5 #E54681 #E5A946

monochromatic

#168A9B #1DBAD0 #46D1E5 #7CDEED #B1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#46D1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#46D1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D1E5

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D1E5	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 209, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.119 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edfed',
    500: '#46d1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d1e5;
$custom-light: #8edfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.547,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79516,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D1E5

secondary

#9E3F31

accent

#4E36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D1E5

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

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