#449D9B#449D9B

#449D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.085 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449D9B
RGB	rgb(68, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -26.82, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 27.71, 194.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0824 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.085 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3547, 27.7074, 35.2794)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449D9B #9D4446

analogous

#449D6F #449D9B #44739D

triadic

#449D9B #9B449D #9D9B44

tetradic

#449D9B #6F449D #9D4446 #739D44

square

#449D9B #6F449D #9D4446 #739D44

split-complementary

#449D9B #9D4473 #9D6F44

monochromatic

#1F4847 #327271 #449D9B #63BBB9 #8ECECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#449D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#449D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449D9B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449D9B	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.085 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bab8',
    500: '#449d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449d9b;
$custom-light: #81bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.652,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6419,
    "c": 0.08463,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449D9B

secondary

#B98485

accent

#585BCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #449D9B

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

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