#449C9C#449C9C

#449C9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.084 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449C9C
RGB	rgb(68, 156, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -26.04, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 27.23, 197.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0808 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.084 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2706, 27.4042, 35.6673)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449C9C #9C4444

analogous

#449C70 #449C9C #44709C

triadic

#449C9C #9C449C #9C9C44

tetradic

#449C9C #70449C #9C4444 #709C44

square

#449C9C #70449C #9C4444 #709C44

split-complementary

#449C9C #9C4470 #9C7044

monochromatic

#1F4747 #317171 #449C9C #62BBBB #8DCDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#449C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#449C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449C9C

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449C9C	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 156, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.084 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b9',
    500: '#449c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449c9c;
$custom-light: #81b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63977,
    "c": 0.08376,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449C9C

secondary

#B98383

accent

#5959CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #449C9C

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

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