#468E8D#468E8D

#468E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.072 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468E8D
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -22.69, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 23.57, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0699 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.072 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0045, 22.5697, 28.6544)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468E8D #8E4647

analogous

#468E69 #468E8D #466B8E

triadic

#468E8D #8D468E #8E8D46

tetradic

#468E8D #69468E #8E4647 #6B8E46

square

#468E8D #69468E #8E4647 #6B8E46

split-complementary

#468E8D #8E466B #8E6946

monochromatic

#1E3C3C #326564 #468E8D #60B1B0 #89C5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#468E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#468E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468E8D

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468E8D	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.072 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afae',
    500: '#468e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468e8d;
$custom-light: #80afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60035,
    "c": 0.07215,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468E8D

secondary

#B07F80

accent

#5E5FCA

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #468E8D

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

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