#448E8F#448E8F

#448E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.074 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448E8F
RGB	rgb(68, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -22.58, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 23.82, 198.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0705 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.074 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0128, 22.5566, 29.4386)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448E8F #8F4544

analogous

#448F6B #448E8F #44698F

triadic

#448E8F #8F448E #8E8F44

tetradic

#448E8F #6B448F #8F4544 #698F44

square

#448E8F #6B448F #8F4544 #698F44

split-complementary

#448E8F #8F4469 #8F6B44

monochromatic

#1D3C3C #306566 #448E8F #5EB1B2 #87C5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#448E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#448E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448E8F

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448E8F	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797F90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.074 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafaf',
    500: '#448e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448e8f;
$custom-light: #7fafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.8,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60023,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448E8F

secondary

#B17E7E

accent

#5E5CCC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #448E8F

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

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