#449B97#449B97

#449B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.084 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449B97
RGB	rgb(68, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -26.94, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 27.56, 192.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0819 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.084 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6888, 26.9041, 33.4276)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449B97 #9B4448

analogous

#449B6B #449B97 #44739B

triadic

#449B97 #97449B #9B9744

tetradic

#449B97 #6B449B #9B4448 #739B44

square

#449B97 #6B449B #9B4448 #739B44

split-complementary

#449B97 #9B4473 #9B6B44

monochromatic

#1F4644 #31706E #449B97 #62BAB6 #8DCDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#449B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#449B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449B97

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449B97	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.084 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b5',
    500: '#449b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449b97;
$custom-light: #81b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.241,
    "s": 39.013,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63554,
    "c": 0.0835,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449B97

secondary

#B88385

accent

#595ECF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #449B97

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

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