#44B8B2#44B8B2

#44B8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.103 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8B2
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -33.51, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 34.15, 191.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1015 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.103 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5567, 38.7213, 48.1325)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8B2 #B8444A

analogous

#44B878 #44B8B2 #4484B8

triadic

#44B8B2 #B244B8 #B8B244

tetradic

#44B8B2 #7844B8 #B8444A #84B844

square

#44B8B2 #7844B8 #B8444A #84B844

split-complementary

#44B8B2 #B84484 #B87844

monochromatic

#235F5C #338B87 #44B8B2 #6FCAC5 #9CDAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#44B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#44B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8B2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8B2	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.103 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec9',
    500: '#44b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8b2;
$custom-light: #86cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71643,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8B2

secondary

#C79194

accent

#5259D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8B2

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

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