#445A55#445A55

#445A55 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.028 H 179.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#445A55
RGB	rgb(68, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(166, 14%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(166, 24%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.36, -9.54, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.36, 9.54, 179.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% -0.028 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.028 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6793, 9.1969, 9.9631)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#445A55 #5A4449

analogous

#445A4A #445A55 #44545A

triadic

#445A55 #55445A #5A5544

tetradic

#445A55 #4A445A #5A4449 #545A44

square

#445A55 #4A445A #5A4449 #545A44

split-complementary

#445A55 #5A4454 #5A4A44

monochromatic

#0F1413 #2A3734 #445A55 #5E7D76 #7C9C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#445A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#445A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #445A55

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##445A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##445A55	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #445a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.028 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#788884',
    500: '#445a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #445a55;
$custom-light: #788884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#445a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44784,
    "c": 0.02801,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#445A55

secondary

#897176

accent

#7181B7

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDEFEF

border

#C8CACA

text

#090B0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #445A55

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

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