#469C8D#469C8D

#469C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.086 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469C8D
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -29.69, 0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 29.69, 179.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0864 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.086 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2199, 27.0003, 29.3929)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469C8D #9C4655

analogous

#469C62 #469C8D #46809C

triadic

#469C8D #8D469C #9C8D46

tetradic

#469C8D #62469C #9C4655 #809C46

square

#469C8D #62469C #9C4655 #809C46

split-complementary

#469C8D #9C4680 #9C6246

monochromatic

#204841 #337267 #469C8D #65BAAB #8FCDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#469C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#469C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469C8D

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469C8D	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.086 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9ae',
    500: '#469c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469c8d;
$custom-light: #81b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.535,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63549,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469C8D

secondary

#B8858E

accent

#5A6ECE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #469C8D

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

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