#44A8A9#44A8A9

#44A8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.092 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A8A9
RGB	rgb(68, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -28.32, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 29.78, 198.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0883 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.092 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5449, 32.0963, 42.4828)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A8A9 #A94544

analogous

#44A978 #44A8A9 #4476A9

triadic

#44A8A9 #A944A8 #A8A944

tetradic

#44A8A9 #7844A9 #A94544 #76A944

square

#44A8A9 #7844A9 #A94544 #76A944

split-complementary

#44A8A9 #A94476 #A97844

monochromatic

#215152 #327D7D #44A8A9 #68C1C2 #94D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#44A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#44A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A8A9

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A8A9	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.092 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2c2',
    500: '#44a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a8a9;
$custom-light: #83c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.594,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67403,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A8A9

secondary

#BF8A89

accent

#5755D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A8A9

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

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