#468E9B#468E9B

#468E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.074 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468E9B
RGB	rgb(70, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(189, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -18.67, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 23.20, 216.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0638 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.074 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1128, 23.0130, 34.4914)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468E9B #9B5346

analogous

#469B7E #468E9B #46649B

triadic

#468E9B #9B468E #8E9B46

tetradic

#468E9B #7E469B #9B5346 #649B46

square

#468E9B #7E469B #9B5346 #649B46

split-complementary

#468E9B #9B4664 #9B7E46

monochromatic

#204147 #336771 #468E9B #65ACB9 #8FC3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#468E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#468E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468E9B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468E9B	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.074 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afb8',
    500: '#468e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468e9b;
$custom-light: #81afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.176,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60556,
    "c": 0.07435,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468E9B

secondary

#B88D85

accent

#6C5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #468E9B

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

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