#46D8DC#46D8DC

#46D8DC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.121 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D8DC
RGB	rgb(70, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -36.41, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 38.74, 199.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.1149 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.121 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9942, 55.5765, 76.3158)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D8DC #DC4A46

analogous

#46DC95 #46D8DC #468DDC

triadic

#46D8DC #DC46D8 #D8DC46

tetradic

#46D8DC #9546DC #DC4A46 #8DDC46

square

#46D8DC #9546DC #DC4A46 #8DDC46

split-complementary

#46D8DC #DC468D #DC9546

monochromatic

#1B8A8D #24BCC0 #46D8DC #79E3E6 #ADEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#46D8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#46D8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D8DC

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D8DC	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.121 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e6',
    500: '#46d8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d8dc;
$custom-light: #8ee4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.6,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80844,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D8DC

secondary

#923634

accent

#413DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D8DC

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

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