#44BCB5#44BCB5

#44BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCB5
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -34.56, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 35.13, 190.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1043 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.106 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7038, 40.5284, 50.0171)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCB5 #BC444B

analogous

#44BC79 #44BCB5 #4487BC

triadic

#44BCB5 #B544BC #BCB544

tetradic

#44BCB5 #7944BC #BC444B #87BC44

square

#44BCB5 #7944BC #BC444B #87BC44

split-complementary

#44BCB5 #BC4487 #BC7944

monochromatic

#23625F #338F8A #44BCB5 #71CCC7 #9EDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#44BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#44BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCB5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCB5	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0cb',
    500: '#44bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bcb5;
$custom-light: #87d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72723,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCB5

secondary

#C99396

accent

#5159D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCB5

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

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