#46D5DE#46D5DE

#46D5DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D5DE
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -34.44, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 37.78, 204.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.1111 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4990, 54.1600, 77.4653)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D5DE #DE4F46

analogous

#46DE9B #46D5DE #4689DE

triadic

#46D5DE #DE46D5 #D5DE46

tetradic

#46D5DE #9B46DE #DE4F46 #89DE46

square

#46D5DE #9B46DE #DE4F46 #89DE46

split-complementary

#46D5DE #DE4689 #DE9B46

monochromatic

#1A8990 #23BAC4 #46D5DE #7AE1E7 #AEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#46D5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#46D5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D5DE

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D5DE	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 213, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2e8',
    500: '#46d5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d5de;
$custom-light: #8ee2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.553,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80203,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D5DE

secondary

#953933

accent

#463BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D5DE

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

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