#44B9C8#44B9C8

#44B9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B9C8
RGB	rgb(68, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -27.68, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 32.59, 211.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0931 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.105 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1537, 40.0937, 60.7821)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B9C8 #C85344

analogous

#44C895 #44B9C8 #4477C8

triadic

#44B9C8 #C844B9 #B9C844

tetradic

#44B9C8 #9544C8 #C85344 #77C844

square

#44B9C8 #9544C8 #C85344 #77C844

split-complementary

#44B9C8 #C84477 #C89544

monochromatic

#216771 #2F93A0 #44B9C8 #73CBD6 #A3DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#44B9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#44B9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B9C8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B9C8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ced8',
    500: '#44b9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b9c8;
$custom-light: #88ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7267,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B9C8

secondary

#D19E97

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B9C8

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

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