#469D8A#469D8A

#469D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.089 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469D8A
RGB	rgb(70, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -30.94, 2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 31.01, 176.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0889 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.089 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1682, 27.2492, 28.2893)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469D8A #9D4659

analogous

#469D5F #469D8A #46849D

triadic

#469D8A #8A469D #9D8A46

tetradic

#469D8A #5F469D #9D4659 #849D46

square

#469D8A #5F469D #9D4659 #849D46

split-complementary

#469D8A #9D4684 #9D5F46

monochromatic

#204840 #337365 #469D8A #66BBA8 #90CDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#469D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#469D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469D8A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469D8A	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.089 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81baac',
    500: '#469d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469d8a;
$custom-light: #81baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.897,
    "s": 38.326,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63708,
    "c": 0.08906,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469D8A

secondary

#B98691

accent

#5A73CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #469D8A

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

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