#46D5DD#46D5DD

#46D5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.119 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D5DD
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 221)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -34.73, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 37.84, 203.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.1115 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.119 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3654, 54.1065, 76.7615)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D5DD #DD4E46

analogous

#46DD9A #46D5DD #4689DD

triadic

#46D5DD #DD46D5 #D5DD46

tetradic

#46D5DD #9A46DD #DD4E46 #89DD46

square

#46D5DD #9A46DD #DD4E46 #89DD46

split-complementary

#46D5DD #DD4689 #DD9A46

monochromatic

#1A888E #24BAC2 #46D5DD #7AE1E7 #ADECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#46D5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#46D5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D5DD

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D5DD	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 213, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.119 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2e7',
    500: '#46d5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d5dd;
$custom-light: #8ee2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.179,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80168,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D5DD

secondary

#943934

accent

#453CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D5DD

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

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