#44BCA8#44BCA8

#44BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCA8
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -38.04, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 38.04, 179.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1102 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.11 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4317, 40.0196, 43.3171)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCA8 #BC4458

analogous

#44BC6C #44BCA8 #4494BC

triadic

#44BCA8 #A844BC #BCA844

tetradic

#44BCA8 #6C44BC #BC4458 #94BC44

square

#44BCA8 #6C44BC #BC4458 #94BC44

split-complementary

#44BCA8 #BC4494 #BC6C44

monochromatic

#236258 #338F80 #44BCA8 #71CCBD #9EDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#44BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#44BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCA8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCA8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c1',
    500: '#44bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bca8;
$custom-light: #86d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7231,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCA8

secondary

#C9939C

accent

#5167D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCA8

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

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