#46D8E5#46D8E5

#46D8E5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.121 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D8E5
RGB	rgb(70, 216, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -33.83, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 38.14, 207.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.1111 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.121 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2183, 56.0662, 82.7631)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D8E5 #E55346

analogous

#46E5A2 #46D8E5 #4688E5

triadic

#46D8E5 #E546D8 #D8E546

tetradic

#46D8E5 #A246E5 #E55346 #88E546

square

#46D8E5 #A246E5 #E55346 #88E546

split-complementary

#46D8E5 #E54688 #E5A246

monochromatic

#16909B #1DC2D0 #46D8E5 #7CE3ED #B1EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#46D8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#46D8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D8E5

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D8E5	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 216, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.121 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4ed',
    500: '#46d8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d8e5;
$custom-light: #8fe4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.906,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81163,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D8E5

secondary

#9E3A31

accent

#4536F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D8E5

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

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