#44A5AD#44A5AD

#44A5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.090 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A5AD
RGB	rgb(68, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -25.68, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 28.61, 206.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0833 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.09 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3787, 31.1539, 44.3083)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A5AD #AD4C44

analogous

#44AD80 #44A5AD #4471AD

triadic

#44A5AD #AD44A5 #A5AD44

tetradic

#44A5AD #8044AD #AD4C44 #71AD44

square

#44A5AD #8044AD #AD4C44 #71AD44

split-complementary

#44A5AD #AD4471 #AD8044

monochromatic

#215155 #337B81 #44A5AD #6ABDC4 #96D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#44A5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#44A5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A5AD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A5AD	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.090 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0c5',
    500: '#44a5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a5ad;
$custom-light: #83c0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66812,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A5AD

secondary

#C18F8B

accent

#5E54D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A5AD

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

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