#44B4C8#44B4C8

#44B4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B4C8
RGB	rgb(68, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -25.19, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 31.83, 217.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.088 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.103 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1261, 38.0384, 60.4395)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B4C8 #C85844

analogous

#44C89A #44B4C8 #4472C8

triadic

#44B4C8 #C844B4 #B4C844

tetradic

#44B4C8 #9A44C8 #C85844 #72C844

square

#44B4C8 #9A44C8 #C85844 #72C844

split-complementary

#44B4C8 #C84472 #C89A44

monochromatic

#216471 #2F8FA0 #44B4C8 #73C7D6 #A3DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#44B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#44B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B4C8

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B4C8	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cad8',
    500: '#44b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b4c8;
$custom-light: #88cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71472,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B4C8

secondary

#D1A097

accent

#604ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B4C8

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

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