#468C8A#468C8A

#468C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.071 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468C8A
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 33%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 50%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -22.48, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 23.20, 194.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0689 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.071 193)
XYZ	xyz(16.4894, 21.8918, 27.3964)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468C8A #8C4648

analogous

#468C67 #468C8A #466B8C

triadic

#468C8A #8A468C #8C8A46

tetradic

#468C8A #67468C #8C4648 #6B8C46

square

#468C8A #67468C #8C4648 #6B8C46

split-complementary

#468C8A #8C466B #8C6746

monochromatic

#1D3A3A #326362 #468C8A #60AFAD #89C4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#468C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#468C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468C8A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468C8A	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.071 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faeac',
    500: '#468c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468c8a;
$custom-light: #7faeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59428,
    "c": 0.07071,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468C8A

secondary

#AF7F80

accent

#5E61C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #468C8A

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

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