#44B8A6#44B8A6

#44B8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8A6
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -36.73, -0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 36.74, 180.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1069 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.107 181)
XYZ	xyz(26.4041, 38.2603, 42.0624)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8A6 #B84456

analogous

#44B86C #44B8A6 #4490B8

triadic

#44B8A6 #A644B8 #B8A644

tetradic

#44B8A6 #6C44B8 #B84456 #90B844

square

#44B8A6 #6C44B8 #B84456 #90B844

split-complementary

#44B8A6 #B84490 #B86C44

monochromatic

#235F55 #338B7E #44B8A6 #6FCABC #9CDAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#44B8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#44B8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8A6

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8A6	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cec0',
    500: '#44b8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8a6;
$custom-light: #85cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.69,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71258,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.38263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8A6

secondary

#C79199

accent

#5267D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8A6

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

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