#445E55#445E55

#445E55 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.034 H 171.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#445E55
RGB	rgb(68, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(159, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(159, 28%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 0%, 9.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, -11.87, 2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 12.04, 170.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% -0.0341 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.034 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0258, 9.8899, 10.0786)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#445E55 #5E444D

analogous

#445E48 #445E55 #445A5E

triadic

#445E55 #55445E #5E5544

tetradic

#445E55 #48445E #5E444D #5A5E44

square

#445E55 #48445E #5E444D #5A5E44

split-complementary

#445E55 #5E445A #5E4844

monochromatic

#111715 #2A3A35 #445E55 #5E8275 #7CA094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#445E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#445E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #445E55

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##445E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##445E55	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #445e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.034 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#788b84',
    500: '#445e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #445e55;
$custom-light: #788b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#445e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45809,
    "c": 0.03446,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#445E55

secondary

#8D717B

accent

#6F89B9

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDF0EF

border

#C8CBCA

text

#090C0B

muted

#7B7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #445E55

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

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