#449E8B#449E8B

#449E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.091 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449E8B
RGB	rgb(68, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(167, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(167, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -31.60, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 31.65, 176.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0909 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.091 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2689, 27.5449, 28.7223)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449E8B #9E4457

analogous

#449E5E #449E8B #44849E

triadic

#449E8B #8B449E #9E8B44

tetradic

#449E8B #5E449E #9E4457 #849E44

square

#449E8B #5E449E #9E4457 #849E44

split-complementary

#449E8B #9E4484 #9E5E44

monochromatic

#1F4840 #327365 #449E8B #63BCA9 #8ECEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#449E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#449E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449E8B

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449E8B	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.091 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bbac',
    500: '#449e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449e8b;
$custom-light: #80bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449E8B

secondary

#BA848F

accent

#5871D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #449E8B

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

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