#469C8F#469C8F

#469C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469C8F
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -29.17, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 29.19, 182.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0854 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.086 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3700, 27.0604, 30.1837)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469C8F #9C4653

analogous

#469C64 #469C8F #467E9C

triadic

#469C8F #8F469C #9C8F46

tetradic

#469C8F #64469C #9C4653 #7E9C46

square

#469C8F #64469C #9C4653 #7E9C46

split-complementary

#469C8F #9C467E #9C6446

monochromatic

#204842 #337268 #469C8F #65BAAD #8FCDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#469C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#469C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469C8F

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469C8F	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#96948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#079F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9af',
    500: '#469c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469c8f;
$custom-light: #81b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.93,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63612,
    "c": 0.0855,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469C8F

secondary

#B8858D

accent

#5A6BCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #469C8F

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

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