#44A8A5#44A8A5

#44A8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.092 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A8A5
RGB	rgb(68, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -29.44, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 30.30, 193.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0901 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.092 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1751, 31.9484, 40.5353)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A8A5 #A84447

analogous

#44A873 #44A8A5 #4479A8

triadic

#44A8A5 #A544A8 #A8A544

tetradic

#44A8A5 #7344A8 #A84447 #79A844

square

#44A8A5 #7344A8 #A84447 #79A844

split-complementary

#44A8A5 #A84479 #A87344

monochromatic

#21514F #327C7A #44A8A5 #68C2BF #93D3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#44A8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#44A8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A8A5

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A8A5	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.092 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2bf',
    500: '#44a8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a8a5;
$custom-light: #83c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67264,
    "c": 0.09228,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A8A5

secondary

#BF898B

accent

#5659D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A8A5

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

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