#449E9C#449E9C

#449E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.085 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449E9C
RGB	rgb(68, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -27.04, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 27.94, 194.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0831 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.085 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6089, 28.0809, 35.7801)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449E9C #9E4446

analogous

#449E6F #449E9C #44739E

triadic

#449E9C #9C449E #9E9C44

tetradic

#449E9C #6F449E #9E4446 #739E44

square

#449E9C #6F449E #9E4446 #739E44

split-complementary

#449E9C #9E4473 #9E6F44

monochromatic

#1F4848 #327372 #449E9C #63BCBA #8ECECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#449E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#449E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449E9C

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449E9C	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.085 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbb9',
    500: '#449e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449e9c;
$custom-light: #81bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64474,
    "c": 0.08533,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449E9C

secondary

#BA8485

accent

#585BD0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #449E9C

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

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