#449D9C#449D9C

#449D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.085 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449D9C
RGB	rgb(68, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -26.54, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 27.58, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0819 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.085 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4391, 27.7412, 35.7235)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449D9C #9D4445

analogous

#449D70 #449D9C #44729D

triadic

#449D9C #9C449D #9D9C44

tetradic

#449D9C #70449D #9D4445 #729D44

square

#449D9C #70449D #9D4445 #729D44

split-complementary

#449D9C #9D4472 #9D7044

monochromatic

#1F4847 #327272 #449D9C #63BBBA #8ECECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#449D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#449D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449D9C

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449D9C	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.085 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bab9',
    500: '#449d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449d9c;
$custom-light: #81bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.326,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64225,
    "c": 0.08453,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449D9C

secondary

#B98484

accent

#585ACF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #449D9C

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

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