#44BCAD#44BCAD

#44BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCAD
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -36.72, -2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 36.79, 183.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1079 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.108 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9065, 40.2095, 45.8176)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCAD #BC4453

analogous

#44BC71 #44BCAD #448FBC

triadic

#44BCAD #AD44BC #BCAD44

tetradic

#44BCAD #7144BC #BC4453 #8FBC44

square

#44BCAD #7144BC #BC4453 #8FBC44

split-complementary

#44BCAD #BC448F #BC7144

monochromatic

#23625A #338F84 #44BCAD #71CCC1 #9EDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#44BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#44BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCAD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCAD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c5',
    500: '#44bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bcad;
$custom-light: #86d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72465,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCAD

secondary

#C9939A

accent

#5162D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCAD

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

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