#44B8C8#44B8C8

#44B8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8C8
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -27.18, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 32.41, 213.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0921 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.104 208)
XYZ	xyz(29.9453, 39.6767, 60.7126)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8C8 #C85444

analogous

#44C896 #44B8C8 #4476C8

triadic

#44B8C8 #C844B8 #B8C844

tetradic

#44B8C8 #9644C8 #C85444 #76C844

square

#44B8C8 #9644C8 #C85444 #76C844

split-complementary

#44B8C8 #C84476 #C89644

monochromatic

#216771 #2F92A0 #44B8C8 #73CAD6 #A3DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#44B8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#44B8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8C8

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8C8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdd8',
    500: '#44b8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8c8;
$custom-light: #88cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7243,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.3968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8C8

secondary

#D19E97

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8C8

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

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