#44BCAE#44BCAE

#44BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCAE
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -36.46, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 36.56, 184.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1075 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.108 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0036, 40.2483, 46.3291)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCAE #BC4452

analogous

#44BC72 #44BCAE #448EBC

triadic

#44BCAE #AE44BC #BCAE44

tetradic

#44BCAE #7244BC #BC4452 #8EBC44

square

#44BCAE #7244BC #BC4452 #8EBC44

split-complementary

#44BCAE #BC448E #BC7244

monochromatic

#23625B #338F85 #44BCAE #71CCC2 #9EDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#44BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#44BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCAE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCAE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c6',
    500: '#44bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bcae;
$custom-light: #86d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCAE

secondary

#C99399

accent

#5161D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCAE

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

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