#44B8A8#44B8A8

#44B8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8A8
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -36.21, -1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 36.24, 182.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.106 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.106 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5890, 38.3342, 43.0362)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8A8 #B84454

analogous

#44B86E #44B8A8 #448EB8

triadic

#44B8A8 #A844B8 #B8A844

tetradic

#44B8A8 #6E44B8 #B84454 #8EB844

square

#44B8A8 #6E44B8 #B84454 #8EB844

split-complementary

#44B8A8 #B8448E #B86E44

monochromatic

#235F56 #338B7F #44B8A8 #6FCABD #9CDAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#44B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#44B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8A8

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8A8	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cec1',
    500: '#44b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8a8;
$custom-light: #85cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7132,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8A8

secondary

#C79199

accent

#5264D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8A8

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

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