#44A09F#44A09F

#44A09F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.087 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A09F
RGB	rgb(68, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -27.19, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 28.26, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.084 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.087 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2100, 28.8716, 37.2492)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A09F #A04445

analogous

#44A071 #44A09F #4473A0

triadic

#44A09F #9F44A0 #A09F44

tetradic

#44A09F #7144A0 #A04445 #73A044

square

#44A09F #7144A0 #A04445 #73A044

split-complementary

#44A09F #A04473 #A07144

monochromatic

#1F4A4A #327574 #44A09F #64BDBC #8FCFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#44A09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#44A09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #44A09F

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A09F	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.087 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcbb',
    500: '#44a09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a09f;
$custom-light: #82bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.348,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65075,
    "c": 0.08663,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A09F

secondary

#BB8586

accent

#5859D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A09F

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

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