#46D5DB#46D5DB

#46D5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.119 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D5DB
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 2.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -35.30, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 37.99, 201.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.1123 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.119 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1005, 54.0006, 75.3665)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D5DB #DB4C46

analogous

#46DB97 #46D5DB #468BDB

triadic

#46D5DB #DB46D5 #D5DB46

tetradic

#46D5DB #9746DB #DB4C46 #8BDB46

square

#46D5DB #9746DB #DB4C46 #8BDB46

split-complementary

#46D5DB #DB468B #DB9746

monochromatic

#1B878B #25B9BF #46D5DB #79E1E5 #ACECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#46D5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#46D5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D5DB

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D5DB	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 213, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.119 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2e6',
    500: '#46d5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d5db;
$custom-light: #8de2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.416,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80097,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D5DB

secondary

#913834

accent

#443DEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D5DB

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

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