#449E9B#449E9B

#449E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.085 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449E9B
RGB	rgb(68, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -27.32, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 28.09, 193.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0835 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.085 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5246, 28.0472, 35.3360)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449E9B #9E4447

analogous

#449E6E #449E9B #44749E

triadic

#449E9B #9B449E #9E9B44

tetradic

#449E9B #6E449E #9E4447 #749E44

square

#449E9B #6E449E #9E4447 #749E44

split-complementary

#449E9B #9E4474 #9E6E44

monochromatic

#1F4847 #327371 #449E9B #63BCB9 #8ECECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#449E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#449E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449E9B

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449E9B	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.085 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbb8',
    500: '#449e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449e9b;
$custom-light: #81bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64439,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449E9B

secondary

#BA8486

accent

#585CD0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #449E9B

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

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