#46D4DE#46D4DE

#46D4DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.119 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D4DE
RGB	rgb(70, 212, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -33.97, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 37.53, 205.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.1101 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.119 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2483, 53.6585, 77.3817)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D4DE #DE5046

analogous

#46DE9C #46D4DE #4688DE

triadic

#46D4DE #DE46D4 #D4DE46

tetradic

#46D4DE #9C46DE #DE5046 #88DE46

square

#46D4DE #9C46DE #DE5046 #88DE46

split-complementary

#46D4DE #DE4688 #DE9C46

monochromatic

#1A8890 #23B9C4 #46D4DE #7AE0E7 #AEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#46D4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#46D4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D4DE

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D4DE	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 212, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.119 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e8',
    500: '#46d4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d4de;
$custom-light: #8ee1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79966,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D4DE

secondary

#953A33

accent

#473BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D4DE

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

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