#469C8E#469C8E

#469C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469C8E
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -29.43, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 29.43, 181.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0859 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.086 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2946, 27.0302, 29.7865)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469C8E #9C4654

analogous

#469C63 #469C8E #467F9C

triadic

#469C8E #8E469C #9C8E46

tetradic

#469C8E #63469C #9C4654 #7F9C46

square

#469C8E #63469C #9C4654 #7F9C46

split-complementary

#469C8E #9C467F #9C6346

monochromatic

#204841 #337268 #469C8E #65BAAC #8FCDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#469C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#469C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469C8E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469C8E	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9af',
    500: '#469c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469c8e;
$custom-light: #81b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.233,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63581,
    "c": 0.08592,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469C8E

secondary

#B8858E

accent

#5A6DCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #469C8E

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

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