#44B8A9#44B8A9

#44B8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8A9
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -35.94, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 36.00, 183.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1055 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.106 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6825, 38.3716, 43.5287)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8A9 #B84453

analogous

#44B86F #44B8A9 #448DB8

triadic

#44B8A9 #A944B8 #B8A944

tetradic

#44B8A9 #6F44B8 #B84453 #8DB844

square

#44B8A9 #6F44B8 #B84453 #8DB844

split-complementary

#44B8A9 #B8448D #B86F44

monochromatic

#235F57 #338B80 #44B8A9 #6FCABE #9CDAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#44B8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#44B8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8A9

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8A9	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)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cec2',
    500: '#44b8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8a9;
$custom-light: #85cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.241,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71352,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8A9

secondary

#C79198

accent

#5263D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8A9

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

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