#44BCB8#44BCB8

#44BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCB8
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -33.73, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 34.63, 193.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.103 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.105 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0150, 40.6529, 51.6558)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCB8 #BC4448

analogous

#44BC7C #44BCB8 #4484BC

triadic

#44BCB8 #B844BC #BCB844

tetradic

#44BCB8 #7C44BC #BC4448 #84BC44

square

#44BCB8 #7C44BC #BC4448 #84BC44

split-complementary

#44BCB8 #BC4484 #BC7C44

monochromatic

#236260 #338F8C #44BCB8 #71CCC9 #9EDCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#44BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#44BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCB8

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCB8	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0cd',
    500: '#44bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bcb8;
$custom-light: #87d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72823,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCB8

secondary

#C99395

accent

#5155D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCB8

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

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