#44B5C8#44B5C8

#44B5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5C8
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -25.69, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 31.95, 216.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.089 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.103 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3287, 38.4436, 60.5071)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5C8 #C85744

analogous

#44C899 #44B5C8 #4473C8

triadic

#44B5C8 #C844B5 #B5C844

tetradic

#44B5C8 #9944C8 #C85744 #73C844

square

#44B5C8 #9944C8 #C85744 #73C844

split-complementary

#44B5C8 #C84473 #C89944

monochromatic

#216571 #2F90A0 #44B5C8 #73C8D6 #A3DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#44B5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#44B5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5C8

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5C8	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbd8',
    500: '#44b5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5c8;
$custom-light: #88cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71711,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5C8

secondary

#D19F97

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5C8

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

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