#46D5E1#46D5E1

#46D5E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.120 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D5E1
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 225)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -33.57, -16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 37.62, 206.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.1099 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.12 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9047, 54.3222, 79.6017)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D5E1 #E15246

analogous

#46E19F #46D5E1 #4688E1

triadic

#46D5E1 #E146D5 #D5E146

tetradic

#46D5E1 #9F46E1 #E15246 #88E146

square

#46D5E1 #9F46E1 #E15246 #88E146

split-complementary

#46D5E1 #E14688 #E19F46

monochromatic

#188B95 #21BCC9 #46D5E1 #7BE1EA #AFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#46D5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#46D5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D5E1

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D5E1	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 213, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.120 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2ea',
    500: '#46d5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d5e1;
$custom-light: #8ee2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.645,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80311,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D5E1

secondary

#993A32

accent

#4739EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D5E1

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

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