#44BCB4#44BCB4

#44BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCB4
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -34.84, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 35.32, 189.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1048 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.106 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6016, 40.4875, 49.4787)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCB4 #BC444C

analogous

#44BC78 #44BCB4 #4488BC

triadic

#44BCB4 #B444BC #BCB444

tetradic

#44BCB4 #7844BC #BC444C #88BC44

square

#44BCB4 #7844BC #BC444C #88BC44

split-complementary

#44BCB4 #BC4488 #BC7844

monochromatic

#23625E #338F89 #44BCB4 #71CCC6 #9EDCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#44BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#44BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCB4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCB4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ca',
    500: '#44bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bcb4;
$custom-light: #87d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCB4

secondary

#C99397

accent

#515AD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCB4

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

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