#44BDB4#44BDB4

#44BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BDB4
RGB	rgb(68, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -35.30, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 35.71, 188.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1058 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.107 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8160, 40.9163, 49.5501)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BDB4 #BD444D

analogous

#44BD77 #44BDB4 #4489BD

triadic

#44BDB4 #B444BD #BDB444

tetradic

#44BDB4 #7744BD #BD444D #89BD44

square

#44BDB4 #7744BD #BD444D #89BD44

split-complementary

#44BDB4 #BD4489 #BD7744

monochromatic

#23635F #33918A #44BDB4 #71CDC6 #9EDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#44BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#44BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BDB4

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BDB4	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1ca',
    500: '#44bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bdb4;
$custom-light: #87d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.537,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72935,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BDB4

secondary

#C99397

accent

#505AD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BDB4

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

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