#469FAD#469FAD

#469FAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.087 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469FAD
RGB	rgb(70, 159, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -22.25, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 26.98, 214.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0756 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.087 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4637, 29.1132, 43.9626)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469FAD #AD5446

analogous

#46AD87 #469FAD #466CAD

triadic

#469FAD #AD469F #9FAD46

tetradic

#469FAD #8746AD #AD5446 #6CAD46

square

#469FAD #8746AD #AD5446 #6CAD46

split-complementary

#469FAD #AD466C #AD8746

monochromatic

#234F56 #347781 #469FAD #6CB8C4 #98CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#469FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#469FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469FAD

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469FAD	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 159, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.087 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbc5',
    500: '#469fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469fad;
$custom-light: #84bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.155,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65416,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469FAD

secondary

#C1948D

accent

#6756D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #469FAD

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

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