#44B9B2#44B9B2

#44B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B9B2
RGB	rgb(68, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -33.98, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 34.53, 190.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1025 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.104 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7651, 39.1382, 48.2020)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B9B2 #B9444B

analogous

#44B977 #44B9B2 #4486B9

triadic

#44B9B2 #B244B9 #B9B244

tetradic

#44B9B2 #7744B9 #B9444B #86B944

square

#44B9B2 #7744B9 #B9444B #86B944

split-complementary

#44B9B2 #B94486 #B97744

monochromatic

#235F5C #348C87 #44B9B2 #70CAC5 #9DDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#44B9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#44B9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B9B2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B9B2	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)

#AFB0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cec9',
    500: '#44b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b9b2;
$custom-light: #86cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.41,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71889,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B9B2

secondary

#C79295

accent

#525AD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B9B2

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

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