#448E9B#448E9B

#448E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.076 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448E9B
RGB	rgb(68, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(189, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -19.10, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 23.62, 216.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% -0.0653 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.076 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9709, 22.9398, 34.4848)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448E9B #9B5144

analogous

#449B7C #448E9B #44629B

triadic

#448E9B #9B448E #8E9B44

tetradic

#448E9B #7C449B #9B5144 #629B44

square

#448E9B #7C449B #9B5144 #629B44

split-complementary

#448E9B #9B4462 #9B7C44

monochromatic

#1F4046 #316770 #448E9B #62ADBA #8DC3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#448E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#448E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448E9B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448E9B	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.076 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afb8',
    500: '#448e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448e9b;
$custom-light: #80afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.966,
    "s": 39.013,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60475,
    "c": 0.07574,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448E9B

secondary

#B88B83

accent

#6B59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #448E9B

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

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