#46D5DC#46D5DC

#46D5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.119 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D5DC
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -35.01, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 37.91, 202.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.1119 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.119 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2326, 54.0534, 76.0619)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D5DC #DC4D46

analogous

#46DC98 #46D5DC #468ADC

triadic

#46D5DC #DC46D5 #D5DC46

tetradic

#46D5DC #9846DC #DC4D46 #8ADC46

square

#46D5DC #9846DC #DC4D46 #8ADC46

split-complementary

#46D5DC #DC468A #DC9846

monochromatic

#1B888D #24B9C0 #46D5DC #79E1E6 #ADECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#46D5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#46D5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D5DC

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D5DC	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.119 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2e6',
    500: '#46d5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d5dc;
$custom-light: #8ee2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.8,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80132,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D5DC

secondary

#923834

accent

#453DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D5DC

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

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