#44B8AC#44B8AC

#44B8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8AC
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -35.14, -3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 35.32, 185.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.1041 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.105 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9674, 38.4856, 45.0290)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8AC #B84450

analogous

#44B872 #44B8AC #448AB8

triadic

#44B8AC #AC44B8 #B8AC44

tetradic

#44B8AC #7244B8 #B84450 #8AB844

square

#44B8AC #7244B8 #B84450 #8AB844

split-complementary

#44B8AC #B8448A #B87244

monochromatic

#235F58 #338B82 #44B8AC #6FCAC1 #9CDAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#44B8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#44B8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8AC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8AC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec4',
    500: '#44b8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8ac;
$custom-light: #86cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71447,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8AC

secondary

#C79197

accent

#5260D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8AC

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

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