#46D5E3#46D5E3

#46D5E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.120 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D5E3
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 227)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -32.99, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 37.56, 208.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.109 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.12 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1791, 54.4320, 81.0470)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D5E3 #E35446

analogous

#46E3A2 #46D5E3 #4686E3

triadic

#46D5E3 #E346D5 #D5E346

tetradic

#46D5E3 #A246E3 #E35446 #86E346

square

#46D5E3 #A246E3 #E35446 #86E346

split-complementary

#46D5E3 #E34686 #E3A246

monochromatic

#178C98 #1FBDCD #46D5E3 #7BE1EB #B0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#46D5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#46D5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D5E3

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D5E3	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 213, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.120 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2eb',
    500: '#46d5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d5e3;
$custom-light: #8ee2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.35,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80383,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D5E3

secondary

#9C3B32

accent

#4837F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D5E3

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

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