#468E79#468E79

#468E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.080 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468E79
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 34%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 51%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -27.92, 4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 28.25, 171.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0793 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.08 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6485, 22.0272, 21.5125)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468E79 #8E465B

analogous

#468E55 #468E79 #467F8E

triadic

#468E79 #79468E #8E7946

tetradic

#468E79 #55468E #8E465B #7F8E46

square

#468E79 #55468E #8E465B #7F8E46

split-complementary

#468E79 #8E467F #8E5546

monochromatic

#1E3C33 #326556 #468E79 #60B199 #89C5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#468E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#468E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468E79

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468E79	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#298F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.080 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faf9f',
    500: '#468e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468e79;
$custom-light: #7faf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59385,
    "c": 0.08002,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468E79

secondary

#B07F8E

accent

#5E7DCA

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #468E79

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

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