#449E99#449E99

#449E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.086 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449E99
RGB	rgb(68, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -27.87, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 28.41, 191.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0844 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.086 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3580, 27.9806, 34.4587)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449E99 #9E4449

analogous

#449E6C #449E99 #44769E

triadic

#449E99 #99449E #9E9944

tetradic

#449E99 #6C449E #9E4449 #769E44

square

#449E99 #6C449E #9E4449 #769E44

split-complementary

#449E99 #9E4476 #9E6C44

monochromatic

#1F4846 #327370 #449E99 #63BCB7 #8ECECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#449E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#449E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449E99

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449E99	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.086 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbb7',
    500: '#449e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449e99;
$custom-light: #81bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6437,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449E99

secondary

#BA8487

accent

#585FD0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #449E99

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

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