#44BDB5#44BDB5

#44BDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BDB5
RGB	rgb(68, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -35.03, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 35.52, 189.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1054 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.107 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9182, 40.9572, 50.0886)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BDB5 #BD444C

analogous

#44BD78 #44BDB5 #4488BD

triadic

#44BDB5 #B544BD #BDB544

tetradic

#44BDB5 #7844BD #BD444C #88BD44

square

#44BDB5 #7844BD #BD444C #88BD44

split-complementary

#44BDB5 #BD4488 #BD7844

monochromatic

#23635F #33918B #44BDB5 #71CDC7 #9EDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#44BDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#44BDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BDB5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BDB5	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1cb',
    500: '#44bdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bdb5;
$custom-light: #87d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.033,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BDB5

secondary

#C99397

accent

#5059D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BDB5

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

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