#448C8E#448C8E

#448C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.072 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448C8E
RGB	rgb(68, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -21.83, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 23.24, 200.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% -0.0686 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.072 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6425, 21.9366, 28.9431)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448C8E #8E4644

analogous

#448E6B #448C8E #44678E

triadic

#448C8E #8E448C #8C8E44

tetradic

#448C8E #6B448E #8E4644 #678E44

square

#448C8E #6B448E #8E4644 #678E44

split-complementary

#448C8E #8E4467 #8E6B44

monochromatic

#1C3A3B #306365 #448C8E #5EAFB2 #87C4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#448C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#448C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448C8E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448C8E	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.072 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faeaf',
    500: '#448c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448c8e;
$custom-light: #7faeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59487,
    "c": 0.07201,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448C8E

secondary

#B17F7D

accent

#605DCB

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #448C8E

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

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