#44B8AA#44B8AA

#44B8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8AA
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -35.68, -2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 35.77, 184.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1051 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.105 184)
XYZ	xyz(26.7768, 38.4093, 44.0250)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8AA #B84452

analogous

#44B870 #44B8AA #448CB8

triadic

#44B8AA #AA44B8 #B8AA44

tetradic

#44B8AA #7044B8 #B84452 #8CB844

square

#44B8AA #7044B8 #B84452 #8CB844

split-complementary

#44B8AA #B8448C #B87044

monochromatic

#235F57 #338B81 #44B8AA #6FCABF #9CDAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#44B8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#44B8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8AA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8AA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cec3',
    500: '#44b8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8aa;
$custom-light: #85cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.759,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.38412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8AA

secondary

#C79198

accent

#5262D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8AA

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

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