#449B9B#449B9B

#449B9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.083 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449B9B
RGB	rgb(68, 155, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -25.82, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 27.00, 197.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0801 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.083 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0191, 27.0362, 35.1675)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449B9B #9B4444

analogous

#449B6F #449B9B #446F9B

triadic

#449B9B #9B449B #9B9B44

tetradic

#449B9B #6F449B #9B4444 #6F9B44

square

#449B9B #6F449B #9B4444 #6F9B44

split-complementary

#449B9B #9B446F #9B6F44

monochromatic

#1F4646 #317070 #449B9B #62BABA #8DCDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#449B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#449B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449B9B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449B9B	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 155, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.083 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b8',
    500: '#449b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449b9b;
$custom-light: #81b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 39.013,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63693,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449B9B

secondary

#B88383

accent

#5959CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #449B9B

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

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