#46D3DE#46D3DE

#46D3DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.118 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D3DE
RGB	rgb(70, 211, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -33.50, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 37.30, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.1091 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.118 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9991, 53.1601, 77.2986)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D3DE #DE5146

analogous

#46DE9D #46D3DE #4687DE

triadic

#46D3DE #DE46D3 #D3DE46

tetradic

#46D3DE #9D46DE #DE5146 #87DE46

square

#46D3DE #9D46DE #DE5146 #87DE46

split-complementary

#46D3DE #DE4687 #DE9D46

monochromatic

#1A8790 #23B8C4 #46D3DE #7ADFE7 #AEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#46D3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#46D3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D3DE

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D3DE	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 211, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.118 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1e8',
    500: '#46d3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d3de;
$custom-light: #8de1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.342,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7973,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D3DE

secondary

#953A33

accent

#483BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D3DE

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

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