#44C5DC#44C5DC

#44C5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44C5DC
RGB	rgb(68, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -27.60, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 35.11, 218.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.097 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.114 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2629, 46.3247, 74.7794)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44C5DC #DC5B44

analogous

#44DCA7 #44C5DC #4479DC

triadic

#44C5DC #DC44C5 #C5DC44

tetradic

#44C5DC #A744DC #DC5B44 #79DC44

square

#44C5DC #A744DC #DC5B44 #79DC44

split-complementary

#44C5DC #DC4479 #DCA744

monochromatic

#1A7A8B #24A8BF #44C5DC #78D5E6 #ABE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#44C5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#44C5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44C5DC

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44C5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44C5DC	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7e6',
    500: '#44c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44c5dc;
$custom-light: #8bd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.079,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76294,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44C5DC

secondary

#DDA89F

accent

#573CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #44C5DC

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

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