#44BCB9#44BCB9

#44BCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCB9
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -33.45, -8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 34.47, 193.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1026 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.105 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1202, 40.6950, 52.2098)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCB9 #BC4447

analogous

#44BC7D #44BCB9 #4483BC

triadic

#44BCB9 #B944BC #BCB944

tetradic

#44BCB9 #7D44BC #BC4447 #83BC44

square

#44BCB9 #7D44BC #BC4447 #83BC44

split-complementary

#44BCB9 #BC4483 #BC7D44

monochromatic

#236261 #338F8D #44BCB9 #71CCCA #9EDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#44BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#44BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCB9

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCB9	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0ce',
    500: '#44bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bcb9;
$custom-light: #87d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72857,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCB9

secondary

#C99394

accent

#5154D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCB9

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

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