#468D9B#468D9B

#468D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.074 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468D9B
RGB	rgb(70, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -18.14, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 23.06, 218.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0627 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.074 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9647, 22.7168, 34.4420)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468D9B #9B5446

analogous

#469B7F #468D9B #46639B

triadic

#468D9B #9B468D #8D9B46

tetradic

#468D9B #7F469B #9B5446 #639B46

square

#468D9B #7F469B #9B5446 #639B46

split-complementary

#468D9B #9B4663 #9B7F46

monochromatic

#204047 #336771 #468D9B #65ABB9 #8FC2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#468D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#468D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468D9B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468D9B	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.074 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeb8',
    500: '#468d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468d9b;
$custom-light: #81aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.882,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60311,
    "c": 0.07402,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468D9B

secondary

#B88D85

accent

#6D5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #468D9B

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

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