#46D5E5#46D5E5

#46D5E5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.120 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D5E5
RGB	rgb(70, 213, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -32.41, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 37.53, 210.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.1082 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.12 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4568, 54.5430, 82.5092)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D5E5 #E55646

analogous

#46E5A5 #46D5E5 #4685E5

triadic

#46D5E5 #E546D5 #D5E546

tetradic

#46D5E5 #A546E5 #E55646 #85E546

square

#46D5E5 #A546E5 #E55646 #85E546

split-complementary

#46D5E5 #E54685 #E5A546

monochromatic

#168D9B #1DBED0 #46D5E5 #7CE1ED #B1EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#46D5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#46D5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D5E5

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D5E5	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 213, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.120 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2ed',
    500: '#46d5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d5e5;
$custom-light: #8ee2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.038,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D5E5

secondary

#9E3C31

accent

#4936F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D5E5

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

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