#469E8F#469E8F

#469E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.088 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469E8F
RGB	rgb(70, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -30.14, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 30.14, 180.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0877 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.088 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7084, 27.7371, 30.2965)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469E8F #9E4655

analogous

#469E63 #469E8F #46819E

triadic

#469E8F #8F469E #9E8F46

tetradic

#469E8F #63469E #9E4655 #819E46

square

#469E8F #63469E #9E4655 #819E46

split-complementary

#469E8F #9E4681 #9E6346

monochromatic

#204942 #337469 #469E8F #66BBAD #90CEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#469E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#469E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469E8F

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469E8F	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98968E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.088 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbaf',
    500: '#469e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469e8f;
$custom-light: #82bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.773,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64115,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469E8F

secondary

#BA868F

accent

#596DCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #469E8F

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

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