#44B9B4#44B9B4

#44B9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.104 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B9B4
RGB	rgb(68, 185, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -33.43, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 34.18, 192.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1016 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.104 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9674, 39.2191, 49.2673)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B9B4 #B94449

analogous

#44B97A #44B9B4 #4484B9

triadic

#44B9B4 #B444B9 #B9B444

tetradic

#44B9B4 #7A44B9 #B94449 #84B944

square

#44B9B4 #7A44B9 #B94449 #84B944

split-complementary

#44B9B4 #B94484 #B97A44

monochromatic

#235F5D #348C88 #44B9B4 #70CAC7 #9DDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#44B9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#44B9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B9B4

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B9B4	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#AEB0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 185, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.104 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ceca',
    500: '#44b9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b9b4;
$custom-light: #86ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.436,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B9B4

secondary

#C79294

accent

#5258D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B9B4

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

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