#44B9C4#44B9C4

#44B9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B9C4
RGB	rgb(68, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -28.86, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 32.62, 207.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0947 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.104 204)
XYZ	xyz(29.6924, 39.9091, 58.3522)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B9C4 #C44F44

analogous

#44C48F #44B9C4 #4479C4

triadic

#44B9C4 #C444B9 #B9C444

tetradic

#44B9C4 #8F44C4 #C44F44 #79C444

square

#44B9C4 #8F44C4 #C44F44 #79C444

split-complementary

#44B9C4 #C44479 #C48F44

monochromatic

#22656C #31919A #44B9C4 #73CAD3 #A1DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#44B9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#44B9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B9C4

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B9C4	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)

#ABB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ced5',
    500: '#44b9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b9c4;
$custom-light: #88ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7252,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.39912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B9C4

secondary

#CE9B96

accent

#594CDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B9C4

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

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