#469C99#469C99

#469C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.083 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469C99
RGB	rgb(70, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -26.47, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 27.21, 193.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0809 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.083 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1616, 27.3770, 34.3526)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469C99 #9C4649

analogous

#469C6E #469C99 #46749C

triadic

#469C99 #99469C #9C9946

tetradic

#469C99 #6E469C #9C4649 #749C46

square

#469C99 #6E469C #9C4649 #749C46

split-complementary

#469C99 #9C4674 #9C6E46

monochromatic

#204846 #337270 #469C99 #65BAB7 #8FCDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#469C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#469C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469C99

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469C99	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.083 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9b7',
    500: '#469c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469c99;
$custom-light: #82b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.907,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.08274,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469C99

secondary

#B88587

accent

#5A5ECE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #469C99

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

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