#44BCA9#44BCA9

#44BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCA9
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -37.78, -0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 37.78, 180.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1097 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.11 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5252, 40.0570, 43.8096)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCA9 #BC4457

analogous

#44BC6D #44BCA9 #4493BC

triadic

#44BCA9 #A944BC #BCA944

tetradic

#44BCA9 #6D44BC #BC4457 #93BC44

square

#44BCA9 #6D44BC #BC4457 #93BC44

split-complementary

#44BCA9 #BC4493 #BC6D44

monochromatic

#236258 #338F81 #44BCA9 #71CCBE #9EDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#44BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#44BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCA9

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCA9	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c2',
    500: '#44bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bca9;
$custom-light: #86d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCA9

secondary

#C9939C

accent

#5166D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCA9

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

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