#44BC9E#44BC9E

#44BC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BC9E
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -40.57, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 40.93, 172.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1148 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.116 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5357, 39.6612, 38.5980)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BC9E #BC4462

analogous

#44BC62 #44BC9E #449EBC

triadic

#44BC9E #9E44BC #BC9E44

tetradic

#44BC9E #6244BC #BC4462 #9EBC44

square

#44BC9E #6244BC #BC4462 #9EBC44

split-complementary

#44BC9E #BC449E #BC6244

monochromatic

#236253 #338F78 #44BC9E #71CCB5 #9EDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#44BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#44BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BC9E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BC9E	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1ba',
    500: '#44bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bc9e;
$custom-light: #85d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72017,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BC9E

secondary

#C993A0

accent

#5172D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BC9E

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

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