#46D9D1#46D9D1
#46D9D1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.122 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #46D9D1 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(70, 217, 209) |
| HSL | hsl(177, 66%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(177, 68%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.34, -39.92, -7.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.34, 40.60, 190.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.71% -0.1206 -0.0207) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.71% 0.122 189.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.8420, 55.5268, 68.9799) |
| Luminance | 0.5553 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Mediumturquoise
#48D1CC
ΔE00 2.14
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 3.04
Darkturquoise
#00CED1
ΔE00 4.71
Bright Aqua
#0BF9EA
ΔE00 7.39
Turquoise (survey)
#06C2AC
ΔE00 8.07
Tiffany Blue
#7BF2DA
ΔE00 8.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#46D9D1 #D9464E
analogous
#46D988 #46D9D1 #4698D9
triadic
#46D9D1 #D146D9 #D9D146
tetradic
#46D9D1 #8846D9 #D9464E #98D946
square
#46D9D1 #8846D9 #D9464E #98D946
split-complementary
#46D9D1 #D94698 #D98846
monochromatic
#1C8983 #26BBB3 #46D9D1 #79E3DE #ACEEEA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#46D9D1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.11
#46D9D1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #46D9D1
12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##46D9D1 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##46D9D1 | 1.00 | 1.73 | 12.11 | 12.11 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDCED1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7BED2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DFD6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #46d9d1; /* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 217, 209); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.122 189.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8de5df',
500: '#46d9d1',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #46d9d1; $custom-light: #8de5df; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#46d9d1",
"rgb": {
"r": 70,
"g": 217,
"b": 209
},
"hsl": {
"h": 176.735,
"s": 65.919,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80714,
"c": 0.12232,
"h": 189.7
},
"luminance": 0.55531
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#46D9D1
secondary
#8F3539
accent
#3F48E9
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1615
muted
#7F8484