#44B9BD#44B9BD

#44B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.103 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B9BD
RGB	rgb(68, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -30.89, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 33.03, 200.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0977 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.103 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9142, 39.5978, 54.2536)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B9BD #BD4844

analogous

#44BD84 #44B9BD #447DBD

triadic

#44B9BD #BD44B9 #B9BD44

tetradic

#44B9BD #8444BD #BD4844 #7DBD44

square

#44B9BD #8444BD #BD4844 #7DBD44

split-complementary

#44B9BD #BD447D #BD8444

monochromatic

#236163 #338E91 #44B9BD #71CACD #9EDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#44B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#44B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B9BD

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B9BD	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.103 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ced0',
    500: '#44b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b9bd;
$custom-light: #87ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.983,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B9BD

secondary

#C99593

accent

#5550D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B9BD

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

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