#449A9E#449A9E

#449A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.082 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449A9E
RGB	rgb(68, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -24.46, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 26.40, 202.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0777 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.082 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1085, 26.8068, 36.4556)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449A9E #9E4844

analogous

#449E75 #449A9E #446D9E

triadic

#449A9E #9E449A #9A9E44

tetradic

#449A9E #75449E #9E4844 #6D9E44

square

#449A9E #75449E #9E4844 #6D9E44

split-complementary

#449A9E #9E446D #9E7544

monochromatic

#1F4748 #327073 #449A9E #63B8BC #8ECCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#449A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#449A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449A9E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449A9E	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.082 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8ba',
    500: '#449a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449a9e;
$custom-light: #81b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449A9E

secondary

#BA8684

accent

#5D58D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #449A9E

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

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