#44B8CD#44B8CD

#44B8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8CD
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -25.68, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 32.63, 218.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.09 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.106 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5392, 39.9143, 63.8405)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8CD #CD5944

analogous

#44CD9D #44B8CD #4473CD

triadic

#44B8CD #CD44B8 #B8CD44

tetradic

#44B8CD #9D44CD #CD5944 #73CD44

square

#44B8CD #9D44CD #CD5944 #73CD44

split-complementary

#44B8CD #CD4473 #CD9D44

monochromatic

#206977 #2D94A7 #44B8CD #74CADA #A5DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#44B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#44B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8CD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8CD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cddc',
    500: '#44b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8cd;
$custom-light: #88cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.197,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72623,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8CD

secondary

#D4A299

accent

#5E47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8CD

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

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