#449D8B#449D8B

#449D8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449D8B
RGB	rgb(68, 157, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -31.12, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 31.15, 177.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0897 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.09 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0990, 27.2051, 28.6657)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449D8B #9D4456

analogous

#449D5F #449D8B #44839D

triadic

#449D8B #8B449D #9D8B44

tetradic

#449D8B #5F449D #9D4456 #839D44

square

#449D8B #5F449D #9D4456 #839D44

split-complementary

#449D8B #9D4483 #9D5F44

monochromatic

#1F483F #327265 #449D8B #63BBA9 #8ECEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#449D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#449D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449D8B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449D8B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 157, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80baac',
    500: '#449d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449d8b;
$custom-light: #80baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.865,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63665,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449D8B

secondary

#B9848E

accent

#5870CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #449D8B

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

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