#449F8B#449F8B

#449F8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.092 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449F8B
RGB	rgb(68, 159, 139)
HSL	hsl(167, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 12.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -32.07, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 32.16, 175.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.092 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.092 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4401, 27.8874, 28.7794)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449F8B #9F4458

analogous

#449F5E #449F8B #44869F

triadic

#449F8B #8B449F #9F8B44

tetradic

#449F8B #5E449F #9F4458 #869F44

square

#449F8B #5E449F #9F4458 #869F44

split-complementary

#449F8B #9F4486 #9F5E44

monochromatic

#1F4940 #327466 #449F8B #64BDA9 #8FCFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#449F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#449F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449F8B

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449F8B	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A968A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 159, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.092 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcac',
    500: '#449f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449f8b;
$custom-light: #81bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.813,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64171,
    "c": 0.09217,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449F8B

secondary

#BA8590

accent

#5872D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #449F8B

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

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