#44B8AB#44B8AB

#44B8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8AB
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -35.41, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 35.54, 184.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1046 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.105 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8717, 38.4473, 44.5251)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8AB #B84451

analogous

#44B871 #44B8AB #448BB8

triadic

#44B8AB #AB44B8 #B8AB44

tetradic

#44B8AB #7144B8 #B84451 #8BB844

square

#44B8AB #7144B8 #B84451 #8BB844

split-complementary

#44B8AB #B8448B #B87144

monochromatic

#235F58 #338B81 #44B8AB #6FCAC0 #9CDAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#44B8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#44B8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8AB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8AB	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)

#AFAEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cec3',
    500: '#44b8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8ab;
$custom-light: #85cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.276,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71415,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8AB

secondary

#C79197

accent

#5261D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8AB

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

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