#44B8CC#44B8CC

#44B8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8CC
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -25.98, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 32.57, 217.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0904 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.106 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4189, 39.8662, 63.2068)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8CC #CC5844

analogous

#44CC9C #44B8CC #4474CC

triadic

#44B8CC #CC44B8 #B8CC44

tetradic

#44B8CC #9C44CC #CC5844 #74CC44

square

#44B8CC #9C44CC #CC5844 #74CC44

split-complementary

#44B8CC #CC4474 #CC9C44

monochromatic

#206976 #2D94A6 #44B8CC #74CAD9 #A4DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#44B8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#44B8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8CC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8CC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cddb',
    500: '#44b8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8cc;
$custom-light: #88cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8CC

secondary

#D3A199

accent

#5E47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8CC

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

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