#468D8D#468D8D

#468D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.071 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468D8D
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 34%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 50%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -22.17, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 23.20, 197.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0688 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.071 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8564, 22.2734, 28.6050)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468D8D #8D4646

analogous

#468D6A #468D8D #466A8D

triadic

#468D8D #8D468D #8D8D46

tetradic

#468D8D #6A468D #8D4646 #6A8D46

square

#468D8D #6A468D #8D4646 #6A8D46

split-complementary

#468D8D #8D466A #8D6A46

monochromatic

#1D3B3B #326464 #468D8D #60B0B0 #89C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#468D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#468D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468D8D

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468D8D	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.071 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aeae',
    500: '#468d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468d8d;
$custom-light: #80aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59785,
    "c": 0.07133,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468D8D

secondary

#B07F7F

accent

#5E5ECA

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #468D8D

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

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