#44A09D#44A09D

#44A09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.087 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A09D
RGB	rgb(68, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(178, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -27.75, -6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 28.54, 193.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0848 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.087 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0379, 28.8028, 36.3425)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A09D #A04447

analogous

#44A06F #44A09D #4475A0

triadic

#44A09D #9D44A0 #A09D44

tetradic

#44A09D #6F44A0 #A04447 #75A044

square

#44A09D #6F44A0 #A04447 #75A044

split-complementary

#44A09D #A04475 #A06F44

monochromatic

#1F4A49 #327573 #44A09D #64BDBA #8FCFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#44A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#44A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #44A09D

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A09D	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.087 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcb9',
    500: '#44a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a09d;
$custom-light: #82bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.043,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65006,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A09D

secondary

#BB8587

accent

#585CD0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A09D

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

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