#468C8D#468C8D

#468C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.071 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468C8D
RGB	rgb(70, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 50%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -21.65, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 22.85, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0676 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.071 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7096, 21.9799, 28.5561)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468C8D #8D4746

analogous

#468D6B #468C8D #46698D

triadic

#468C8D #8D468C #8C8D46

tetradic

#468C8D #6B468D #8D4746 #698D46

square

#468C8D #6B468D #8D4746 #698D46

split-complementary

#468C8D #8D4669 #8D6B46

monochromatic

#1D3B3B #326364 #468C8D #60AFB0 #89C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#468C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#468C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468C8D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468C8D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.071 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aeae',
    500: '#468c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468c8d;
$custom-light: #80aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.845,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59535,
    "c": 0.07052,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468C8D

secondary

#B0807F

accent

#605ECA

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #468C8D

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

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