#468E8A#468E8A

#468E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.073 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468E8A
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 34%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 51%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -23.51, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 24.00, 191.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0713 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.073 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7843, 22.4816, 27.4947)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468E8A #8E464A

analogous

#468E66 #468E8A #466E8E

triadic

#468E8A #8A468E #8E8A46

tetradic

#468E8A #66468E #8E464A #6E8E46

square

#468E8A #66468E #8E464A #6E8E46

split-complementary

#468E8A #8E466E #8E6646

monochromatic

#1E3C3A #326562 #468E8A #60B1AC #89C5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#468E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#468E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468E8A

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468E8A	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.073 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afac',
    500: '#468e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468e8a;
$custom-light: #80afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5993,
    "c": 0.07255,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468E8A

secondary

#B07F82

accent

#5E64CA

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #468E8A

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

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