#468B8A#468B8A

#468B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.070 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468B8A
RGB	rgb(70, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(179, 50%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -21.96, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 22.82, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0677 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.07 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3440, 21.6009, 27.3479)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468B8A #8B4647

analogous

#468B67 #468B8A #46698B

triadic

#468B8A #8A468B #8B8A46

tetradic

#468B8A #67468B #8B4647 #698B46

square

#468B8A #67468B #8B4647 #698B46

split-complementary

#468B8A #8B4669 #8B6746

monochromatic

#1D3A39 #326262 #468B8A #60AFAE #88C3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#468B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#468B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468B8A

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468B8A	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.070 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadac',
    500: '#468b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468b8a;
$custom-light: #7fadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 33.014,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59178,
    "c": 0.06984,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468B8A

secondary

#AF7E7F

accent

#5F60C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #468B8A

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

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