#46D5D8#46D5D8

#46D5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.119 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D5D8
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 216)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -36.15, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 38.28, 199.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.1136 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.119 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7092, 53.8440, 73.3053)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D5D8 #D84946

analogous

#46D892 #46D5D8 #468CD8

triadic

#46D5D8 #D846D5 #D5D846

tetradic

#46D5D8 #9246D8 #D84946 #8CD846

square

#46D5D8 #9246D8 #D84946 #8CD846

split-complementary

#46D5D8 #D8468C #D89246

monochromatic

#1C8587 #27B7BA #46D5D8 #79E0E3 #ABECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#46D5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#46D5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D5D8

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D5D8	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CBD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 213, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.119 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2e4',
    500: '#46d5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d5d8;
$custom-light: #8de2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.233,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79993,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D5D8

secondary

#8D3735

accent

#4340E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D5D8

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

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