#44B8BD#44B8BD

#44B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8BD
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -30.41, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 32.74, 201.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0967 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.102 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7057, 39.1809, 54.1841)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8BD #BD4944

analogous

#44BD85 #44B8BD #447CBD

triadic

#44B8BD #BD44B8 #B8BD44

tetradic

#44B8BD #8544BD #BD4944 #7CBD44

square

#44B8BD #8544BD #BD4944 #7CBD44

split-complementary

#44B8BD #BD447C #BD8544

monochromatic

#236163 #338D91 #44B8BD #71C9CD #9EDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#44B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#44B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8BD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8BD	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cdd0',
    500: '#44b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8bd;
$custom-light: #87cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.479,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8BD

secondary

#C99693

accent

#5650D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8BD

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

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