#44BDAD#44BDAD

#44BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BDAD
RGB	rgb(68, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -37.18, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 37.23, 182.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.109 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.109 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1208, 40.6382, 45.8890)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BDAD #BD4454

analogous

#44BD70 #44BDAD #4490BD

triadic

#44BDAD #AD44BD #BDAD44

tetradic

#44BDAD #7044BD #BD4454 #90BD44

square

#44BDAD #7044BD #BD4454 #90BD44

split-complementary

#44BDAD #BD4490 #BD7044

monochromatic

#23635B #339184 #44BDAD #71CDC1 #9EDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#44BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#44BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BDAD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BDAD	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)

#B4B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c5',
    500: '#44bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bdad;
$custom-light: #86d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.066,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BDAD

secondary

#C9939B

accent

#5062D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BDAD

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

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