#46D3E5#46D3E5

#46D3E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.120 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D3E5
RGB	rgb(70, 211, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -31.45, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 37.17, 212.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.1063 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.12 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9568, 53.5431, 82.3426)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D3E5 #E55846

analogous

#46E5A7 #46D3E5 #4683E5

triadic

#46D3E5 #E546D3 #D3E546

tetradic

#46D3E5 #A746E5 #E55846 #83E546

square

#46D3E5 #A746E5 #E55846 #83E546

split-complementary

#46D3E5 #E54683 #E5A746

monochromatic

#168C9B #1DBCD0 #46D3E5 #7CE0ED #B1EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#46D3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#46D3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D3E5

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D3E5	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 211, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.120 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1ed',
    500: '#46d3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d3e5;
$custom-light: #8ee1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.792,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79986,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D3E5

secondary

#9E3D31

accent

#4B36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D3E5

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

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