#449D9E#449D9E

#449D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.084 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449D9E
RGB	rgb(68, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -25.98, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 27.34, 198.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.081 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.084 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6098, 27.8095, 36.6227)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449D9E #9E4544

analogous

#449E72 #449D9E #44709E

triadic

#449D9E #9E449D #9D9E44

tetradic

#449D9E #72449E #9E4544 #709E44

square

#449D9E #72449E #9E4544 #709E44

split-complementary

#449D9E #9E4470 #9E7244

monochromatic

#1F4848 #327273 #449D9E #63BBBC #8ECECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#449D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#449D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449D9E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449D9E	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.084 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81baba',
    500: '#449d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449d9e;
$custom-light: #81baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64296,
    "c": 0.08443,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449D9E

secondary

#BA8584

accent

#5958D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #449D9E

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

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