#44B8BC#44B8BC

#44B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8BC
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -30.69, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 32.83, 200.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0971 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.102 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5975, 39.1376, 53.6144)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8BC #BC4844

analogous

#44BC84 #44B8BC #447CBC

triadic

#44B8BC #BC44B8 #B8BC44

tetradic

#44B8BC #8444BC #BC4844 #7CBC44

square

#44B8BC #8444BC #BC4844 #7CBC44

split-complementary

#44B8BC #BC447C #BC8444

monochromatic

#236062 #338C8F #44B8BC #71C9CC #9EDADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#44B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#44B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8BC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8BC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdd0',
    500: '#44b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8bc;
$custom-light: #87cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8BC

secondary

#C99593

accent

#5551D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8BC

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

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