#448C8B#448C8B

#448C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.072 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448C8B
RGB	rgb(68, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -22.67, -6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 23.55, 195.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0699 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.072 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4203, 21.8477, 27.7728)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448C8B #8C4445

analogous

#448C67 #448C8B #44698C

triadic

#448C8B #8B448C #8C8B44

tetradic

#448C8B #67448C #8C4445 #698C44

square

#448C8B #67448C #8C4445 #698C44

split-complementary

#448C8B #8C4469 #8C6744

monochromatic

#1C3A39 #306362 #448C8B #5DB0AF #86C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#448C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#448C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448C8B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448C8B	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.072 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaeac',
    500: '#448c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448c8b;
$custom-light: #7eaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59379,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448C8B

secondary

#AF7C7D

accent

#5D5FCB

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #448C8B

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

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