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#468d63

a dark, soft green · cool · closest name: Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Slate Moss

RGB
70, 141, 99
HSL
145°, 34%, 41%
CMYK
50, 0, 30, 45
Luminance
0.2125

#468d63 is a dark soft green, 145° on the wheel and 72/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.25:1). As text it scores 4.00:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(145 34% 41%)rgb(70 141 99)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #468d63 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#468d63
Hue
145°
green
Saturation
34%
soft
Lightness
41%
dark
Brightness
55%
HSV value
Perceived
47%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2125
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
72/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
5.25:1
Closest name
Sea Green
ΔE2000 3.5
Chroma
36.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.585
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 13.8
Web-safe
#339966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue145° of 360°
Saturation34%
Lightness41%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #468d63.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool72% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red6%
Green90%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#468d63
HEX (8-digit)#468d63ff
RGBrgb(70, 141, 99)
RGBArgba(70, 141, 99, 1)
HSLhsl(145, 34%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(145, 50%, 55%)
HWBhwb(145 27% 45%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 0%, 30%, 45%)
LABlab(53.2 -32.4 15.7)
LCHlch(53.2 36.0 154.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.585 0.097 155.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(14.30, 21.25, 15.15)
Decimal4623715
Display P3color(display-p3 0.275 0.553 0.388)
Web-safe#339966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #468d63;
background-color: #468d63;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #468d63;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#468d63] bg-[#468d63]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #468d63;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.275, green: 0.553, blue: 0.388)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.275, green: 0.553, blue: 0.388, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#468D63</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF468D63)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF468D63)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(99, 141, 70)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(70, 141, 99)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(70, 141, 99)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 70, 141, 99)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2745f, 0.5529f, 0.3882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{70,141,99}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #468d63 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #468d63 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2A553C, #D6EBDF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #468d63 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5F9F7;
  --brand-100: #ECF4EF;
  --brand-200: #D4E8DC;
  --brand-300: #B4DAC3;
  --brand-400: #8FC7A6;
  --brand-500: #69B488;
  --brand-600: #51A473;
  --brand-700: #468d63;
  --brand-800: #366D4D;
  --brand-900: #2A503A;
  --brand-950: #1A3224;
  --brand: #468d63;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C8E4D4;
  --brand-hover: #3A7552;
  --brand-pressed: #2E5D42;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241B;
    --brand-ink: #D6EBDF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F9F7',
        100: '#ECF4EF',
        200: '#D4E8DC',
        300: '#B4DAC3',
        400: '#8FC7A6',
        500: '#69B488',
        600: '#51A473',
        700: '#468d63',
        800: '#366D4D',
        900: '#2A503A',
        950: '#1A3224',
        DEFAULT: '#468d63',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F9F7,
  '100': #ECF4EF,
  '200': #D4E8DC,
  '300': #B4DAC3,
  '400': #8FC7A6,
  '500': #69B488,
  '600': #51A473,
  '700': #468d63,
  '800': #366D4D,
  '900': #2A503A,
  '950': #1A3224,
);
$brand-base: #468d63;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F9F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF4EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D4E8DC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B4DAC3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8FC7A6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#69B488", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#51A473", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#468d63", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#366D4D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2A503A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1A3224", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #468d63 · 5.25:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.00:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.25:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #468d63 as text scores 4.00:1 on white and 5.25:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2A553C at 2.13:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#41835C · 4.54:1
AA on white−3% L
#41835C
The quick fox
#306144 · 7.19:1
AAA on white−13% L
#306144
The quick fox
#468d63 · 5.25:1
AA on blackalready passes
#468d63
The quick fox
#54A876 · 7.24:1
AAA on black+8% L
#54A876

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #468D63 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#468d63 on white: 4.00:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#468d63 on black: 5.25:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #468d63 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #468d63.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.00:1AaAa
Slate 503.82:1AaAa
Slate 1003.65:1AaAa
Slate 2003.24:1AaAa
Slate 3002.69:1AaAa
Slate 4001.56:1AaAa
Slate 5001.19:1AaAa
Slate 6001.89:1AaAa
Slate 7002.59:1AaAa
Slate 8003.66:1AaAa
Slate 9004.46:1AaAa
Black5.25:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8C8360
deuteranopia · #827C66
tritanopia · #348C82

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #468d63 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F9F7
#ECF4EF
#D4E8DC
#B4DAC3
#8FC7A6
#69B488
#51A473
#468d63
#366D4D
#2A503A
#1A3224
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F5F9F7Darkest = 950 · #1A3224Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.024 155.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.039 155.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.058 155.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.076 155.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.090 155.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.097 155.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.097 155.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.091 155.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.082 155.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.068 155.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.054 155.8);
}

Colors that work with #468d63

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F5FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C8E4D4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4C996C
Captions on the surface
Accent#914285
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2A553C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF7F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241B
Dark-mode background
Hover#3A7552
One step down in lightness
Pressed#2E5D42
Two steps down
Disabled#8DB69E
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#41A66B
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #468d63

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #2A553C
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight59/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#8D4670
Analogous left#4D8D46
Analogous right#468D87
Split-complement 1#87468D
Split-complement 2#8D464D
Triadic 1#63468D
Triadic 2#8D6346
Tetradic#464D8D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°145°

#468d63 sits at 145°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red27.5%
Green55.3%
Blue38.8%
R · 0–255
70
0x46
G · 0–255
141
0x8d
B · 0–255
99
0x63

CMYK percentages

Cyan50.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow29.8%
Key (black)44.7%

Total ink coverage is 125%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#468d63 text on a black background

contrast 5.25:1

Card sample

#468d63 text on a white background

contrast 4.00:1

Card sample

#468d63 on grey

3.65:1

#468d63 on its own surface

3.79:1

#468d63 on its dark surface

4.05:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #468d63;
Background color
Panel with #468d63 background
background-color: #468d63;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #468d63;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(70, 141, 99, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(70, 141, 99, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #468d63;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #468d63, #46888D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #468d63, #46768D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #468d63;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #468d63;
caret-color: #468d63;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #468d63;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF7F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #468d63;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#468d63 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #468d63 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(70, 141, 99, 0.5)
rgb(70 141 99 / 50%)
#468d6380
hsl(145 34% 41% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #468d63 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#468d631a#EDF4EF
20%#468d6333#DAE8E0
40%#468d6366#B5D1C1
60%#468d6399#90BBA1
80%#468d63cc#6BA482

Gradients from #468d63

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #60B081, #468d63 45%, #2A553C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #468d63, #3C6F79);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #468d63, #8D4670);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #75BA91 0%, #468d63 45%, #2A553C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #68AD59 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #50A1A1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2A553C 0%, transparent 65%), #468d63;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #468d63

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#468d63 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.25:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#468d63, answered

What color is #468d63?

#468d63 is a dark soft green, closest to Sea Green (ΔE2000 3.5). It sits at 145° on the hue wheel with 34% saturation and 41% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #468d63?

rgb(70, 141, 99) — 70 red, 141 green and 99 blue out of 255, or 27.5% / 55.3% / 38.8% by channel.

What is #468d63 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(145, 34%, 41%) and hsv(145, 50%, 55%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #468d63 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2125 and perceived brightness is 47%, so black text on it reaches 5.25:1.

Should I use black or white text on #468d63?

Black. It scores 5.25:1 against #468d63, versus 4.00:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #468d63 accessible on a white background?

#468d63 on white scores 4.00:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #41835C to reach 4.5:1, or #306144 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #468d63?

#8D4670 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #87468D and #8D464D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #468d63?

For interface work: #F5FAF7 as the surface, #C8E4D4 for borders, #4C996C for secondary text, #914285 as an accent and #2A553C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #4D8D46 and #468D87 stays calm, while #8D4670 is the loudest partner.

What is #468d63 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(50%, 0%, 30%, 45%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #468d63 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 72 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #468D49; nudged cooler, #448F7E.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #468d63?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 13.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #468d63 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #468d63 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#468d63] or text-[#468d63], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #468d63 with 50% opacity?

rgba(70, 141, 99, 0.5), or #468d6380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A3C6B1; over black, #234732.

Is #468d63 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339966, ΔE2000 4.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #468d63 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #468d63?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #60B081, #468d63 45%, #2A553C). For more colour, a short hue run to #3C6F79 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #468d63 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #468d63 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.