#44B4AD#44B4AD

#44B4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.101 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B4AD
RGB	rgb(68, 180, 173)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -32.99, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 33.50, 190.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0995 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.101 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2446, 36.8858, 45.2636)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B4AD #B4444B

analogous

#44B475 #44B4AD #4483B4

triadic

#44B4AD #AD44B4 #B4AD44

tetradic

#44B4AD #7544B4 #B4444B #83B444

square

#44B4AD #7544B4 #B4444B #83B444

split-complementary

#44B4AD #B44483 #B47544

monochromatic

#225B58 #338882 #44B4AD #6DC8C2 #9AD9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#44B4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#44B4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B4AD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B4AD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 180, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.101 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbc5',
    500: '#44b4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b4ad;
$custom-light: #85cbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70494,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B4AD

secondary

#C58F92

accent

#535BD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B4AD

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

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