#469D8E#469D8E

#469D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.087 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469D8E
RGB	rgb(70, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -29.91, -0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 29.91, 180.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.087 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.087 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4631, 27.3672, 29.8426)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469D8E #9D4655

analogous

#469D63 #469D8E #46819D

triadic

#469D8E #8E469D #9D8E46

tetradic

#469D8E #63469D #9D4655 #819D46

square

#469D8E #63469D #9D4655 #819D46

split-complementary

#469D8E #9D4681 #9D6346

monochromatic

#204841 #337368 #469D8E #66BBAC #90CDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#469D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#469D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469D8E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469D8E	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#099F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.087 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81baaf',
    500: '#469d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469d8e;
$custom-light: #81baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 38.326,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63832,
    "c": 0.08705,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469D8E

secondary

#B9868F

accent

#5A6ECE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #469D8E

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

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