#449C8B#449C8B

#449C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449C8B
RGB	rgb(68, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -30.64, 0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 30.66, 178.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0886 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.089 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9305, 26.8681, 28.6095)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449C8B #9C4455

analogous

#449C5F #449C8B #44819C

triadic

#449C8B #8B449C #9C8B44

tetradic

#449C8B #5F449C #9C4455 #819C44

square

#449C8B #5F449C #9C4455 #819C44

split-complementary

#449C8B #9C4481 #9C5F44

monochromatic

#1F473F #317165 #449C8B #62BBAA #8DCDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#449C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#449C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449C8B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449C8B	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9ac',
    500: '#449c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449c8b;
$custom-light: #80b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.409,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63413,
    "c": 0.08861,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449C8B

secondary

#B9838E

accent

#5970CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #449C8B

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

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