#44BAB5#44BAB5

#44BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.104 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BAB5
RGB	rgb(68, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -33.62, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 34.38, 192.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1022 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.104 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2796, 39.6799, 49.8757)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BAB5 #BA4449

analogous

#44BA7A #44BAB5 #4484BA

triadic

#44BAB5 #B544BA #BAB544

tetradic

#44BAB5 #7A44BA #BA4449 #84BA44

square

#44BAB5 #7A44BA #BA4449 #84BA44

split-complementary

#44BAB5 #BA4484 #BA7A44

monochromatic

#23605E #348D89 #44BAB5 #70CBC7 #9DDBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#44BAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#44BAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BAB5

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BAB5	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.104 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfcb',
    500: '#44bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bab5;
$custom-light: #86cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.458,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BAB5

secondary

#C89294

accent

#5257D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BAB5

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

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