#469DAD#469DAD

#469DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.086 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469DAD
RGB	rgb(70, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -21.21, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 26.68, 217.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0734 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.086 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1225, 28.4310, 43.8489)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469DAD #AD5646

analogous

#46AD89 #469DAD #466AAD

triadic

#469DAD #AD469D #9DAD46

tetradic

#469DAD #8946AD #AD5646 #6AAD46

square

#469DAD #8946AD #AD5646 #6AAD46

split-complementary

#469DAD #AD466A #AD8946

monochromatic

#234E56 #347581 #469DAD #6CB6C4 #98CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#469DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#469DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469DAD

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469DAD	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.086 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bac5',
    500: '#469dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469dad;
$custom-light: #84bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64929,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469DAD

secondary

#C1958D

accent

#6956D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #469DAD

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

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