#449C9D#449C9D

#449C9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.084 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449C9D
RGB	rgb(68, 156, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -25.76, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 27.12, 198.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0804 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.084 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3556, 27.4382, 36.1151)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449C9D #9D4544

analogous

#449D72 #449C9D #44709D

triadic

#449C9D #9D449C #9C9D44

tetradic

#449C9D #72449D #9D4544 #709D44

square

#449C9D #72449D #9D4544 #709D44

split-complementary

#449C9D #9D4470 #9D7244

monochromatic

#1F4748 #327272 #449C9D #63BABB #8ECDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#449C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#449C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449C9D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449C9D	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 156, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.084 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9b9',
    500: '#449c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449c9d;
$custom-light: #81b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.674,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64012,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449C9D

secondary

#B98484

accent

#5A58CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #449C9D

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

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