#46D8E6#46D8E6

#46D8E6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.122 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46D8E6
RGB	rgb(70, 216, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -33.54, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 38.11, 208.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.1107 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.122 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3583, 56.1222, 83.5005)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46D8E6 #E65446

analogous

#46E6A4 #46D8E6 #4688E6

triadic

#46D8E6 #E646D8 #D8E646

tetradic

#46D8E6 #A446E6 #E65446 #88E646

square

#46D8E6 #A446E6 #E65446 #88E646

split-complementary

#46D8E6 #E64688 #E6A446

monochromatic

#15919C #1CC2D2 #46D8E6 #7CE3ED #B2EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#46D8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#46D8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46D8E6

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46D8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46D8E6	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46d8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 216, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.122 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4ed',
    500: '#46d8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46d8e6;
$custom-light: #8fe4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46d8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.25,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81199,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46D8E6

secondary

#A03A31

accent

#4635F3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #46D8E6

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

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