#469E8A#469E8A

#469E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.090 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469E8A
RGB	rgb(70, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -31.42, 2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 31.52, 175.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0901 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.09 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3380, 27.5890, 28.3459)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469E8A #9E465A

analogous

#469E5E #469E8A #46869E

triadic

#469E8A #8A469E #9E8A46

tetradic

#469E8A #5E469E #9E465A #869E46

square

#469E8A #5E469E #9E465A #869E46

split-complementary

#469E8A #9E4686 #9E5E46

monochromatic

#204940 #337465 #469E8A #66BBA8 #90CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#469E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#469E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469E8A

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469E8A	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.090 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbac',
    500: '#469e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469e8a;
$custom-light: #81bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63961,
    "c": 0.09028,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469E8A

secondary

#BA8692

accent

#5974CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #469E8A

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

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