#449E8A#449E8A

#449E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.092 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449E8A
RGB	rgb(68, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(167, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -31.85, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 31.94, 175.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0913 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.092 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1961, 27.5158, 28.3393)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449E8A #9E4458

analogous

#449E5D #449E8A #44859E

triadic

#449E8A #8A449E #9E8A44

tetradic

#449E8A #5D449E #9E4458 #859E44

square

#449E8A #5D449E #9E4458 #859E44

split-complementary

#449E8A #9E4485 #9E5D44

monochromatic

#1F483F #327365 #449E8A #63BCA8 #8ECEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#449E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#449E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449E8A

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449E8A	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.092 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bbac',
    500: '#449e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449e8a;
$custom-light: #80bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63888,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449E8A

secondary

#BA8490

accent

#5873D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #449E8A

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

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