#44BAB8#44BAB8

#44BAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BAB8
RGB	rgb(68, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -32.79, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 33.93, 194.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1009 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.104 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5907, 39.8043, 51.5143)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BAB8 #BA4446

analogous

#44BA7D #44BAB8 #4481BA

triadic

#44BAB8 #B844BA #BAB844

tetradic

#44BAB8 #7D44BA #BA4446 #81BA44

square

#44BAB8 #7D44BA #BA4446 #81BA44

split-complementary

#44BAB8 #BA4481 #BA7D44

monochromatic

#23605F #348D8C #44BAB8 #70CBC9 #9DDBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#44BAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#44BAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BAB8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BAB8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfcd',
    500: '#44bab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bab8;
$custom-light: #87cfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BAB8

secondary

#C89293

accent

#5254D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BAB8

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

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