#46D5E4#46D5E4

#46D5E4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.120 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D5E4
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -32.70, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 37.54, 209.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.1086 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.12 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3175, 54.4874, 81.7760)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D5E4 #E45546

analogous

#46E4A4 #46D5E4 #4686E4

triadic

#46D5E4 #E446D5 #D5E446

tetradic

#46D5E4 #A446E4 #E45546 #86E446

square

#46D5E4 #A446E4 #E45546 #86E446

split-complementary

#46D5E4 #E44686 #E4A446

monochromatic

#168D99 #1EBECF #46D5E4 #7BE1EC #B1EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#46D5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#46D5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D5E4

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D5E4	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 213, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.120 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2ec',
    500: '#46d5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d5e4;
$custom-light: #8ee2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.696,
    "s": 74.528,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8042,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D5E4

secondary

#9D3C31

accent

#4837F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D5E4

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

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