#468D8A#468D8A

#468D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.072 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468D8A
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 34%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(177, 50%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, -23.00, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 23.59, 192.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% -0.0701 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.072 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6362, 22.1854, 27.4453)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468D8A #8D4649

analogous

#468D67 #468D8A #466D8D

triadic

#468D8A #8A468D #8D8A46

tetradic

#468D8A #67468D #8D4649 #6D8D46

square

#468D8A #67468D #8D4649 #6D8D46

split-complementary

#468D8A #8D466D #8D6746

monochromatic

#1D3B3A #326462 #468D8A #60B0AD #89C4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#468D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#468D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468D8A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468D8A	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.072 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faeac',
    500: '#468d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468d8a;
$custom-light: #7faeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59679,
    "c": 0.07161,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468D8A

secondary

#B07F81

accent

#5E63CA

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #468D8A

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

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