#469AA6#469AA6

#469AA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.083 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469AA6
RGB	rgb(70, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(188, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -21.73, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 25.83, 212.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0729 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.083 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9615, 27.1644, 40.2076)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469AA6 #A65246

analogous

#46A682 #469AA6 #466AA6

triadic

#469AA6 #A6469A #9AA646

tetradic

#469AA6 #8246A6 #A65246 #6AA646

square

#469AA6 #8246A6 #A65246 #6AA646

split-complementary

#469AA6 #A6466A #A68246

monochromatic

#224A50 #34727B #469AA6 #69B5C0 #94CAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#469AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#469AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469AA6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469AA6	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.083 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8c0',
    500: '#469aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469aa6;
$custom-light: #83b8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63926,
    "c": 0.08254,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469AA6

secondary

#BE908A

accent

#6657D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #469AA6

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

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