#469C8A#469C8A

#469C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.088 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469C8A
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -30.46, 1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 30.50, 177.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0878 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.088 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9997, 26.9122, 28.2331)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469C8A #9C4658

analogous

#469C5F #469C8A #46839C

triadic

#469C8A #8A469C #9C8A46

tetradic

#469C8A #5F469C #9C4658 #839C46

square

#469C8A #5F469C #9C4658 #839C46

split-complementary

#469C8A #9C4683 #9C5F46

monochromatic

#20483F #337265 #469C8A #65BAA8 #8FCDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#469C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#469C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469C8A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469C8A	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.088 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9ac',
    500: '#469c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469c8a;
$custom-light: #81b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.442,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63456,
    "c": 0.08785,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469C8A

secondary

#B88590

accent

#5A72CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #469C8A

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

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