#449E8F#449E8F

#449E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.089 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449E8F
RGB	rgb(68, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -30.56, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 30.56, 180.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.089 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.089 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5665, 27.6639, 30.2898)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449E8F #9E4453

analogous

#449E62 #449E8F #44809E

triadic

#449E8F #8F449E #9E8F44

tetradic

#449E8F #62449E #9E4453 #809E44

square

#449E8F #62449E #9E4453 #809E44

split-complementary

#449E8F #9E4480 #9E6244

monochromatic

#1F4842 #327368 #449E8F #63BCAD #8ECEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#449E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#449E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449E8F

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449E8F	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.089 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbaf',
    500: '#449e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449e8f;
$custom-light: #81bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64043,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449E8F

secondary

#BA848D

accent

#586CD0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #449E8F

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

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