#46D8DD#46D8DD

#46D8DD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.121 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D8DD
RGB	rgb(70, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -36.13, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 38.64, 200.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.1145 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.121 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1270, 55.6296, 77.0154)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D8DD #DD4B46

analogous

#46DD97 #46D8DD #468CDD

triadic

#46D8DD #DD46D8 #D8DD46

tetradic

#46D8DD #9746DD #DD4B46 #8CDD46

square

#46D8DD #9746DD #DD4B46 #8CDD46

split-complementary

#46D8DD #DD468C #DD9746

monochromatic

#1A8B8E #24BDC2 #46D8DD #7AE3E7 #ADEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#46D8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#46D8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D8DD

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D8DD	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.121 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e7',
    500: '#46d8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d8dd;
$custom-light: #8ee4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.987,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80879,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D8DD

secondary

#943734

accent

#423CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D8DD

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

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