#44C8E0#44C8E0

#44C8E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44C8E0
RGB	rgb(68, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -27.87, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 35.71, 218.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0984 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.116 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4870, 47.9151, 77.8321)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44C8E0 #E05C44

analogous

#44E0AA #44C8E0 #447AE0

triadic

#44C8E0 #E044C8 #C8E044

tetradic

#44C8E0 #AA44E0 #E05C44 #7AE044

square

#44C8E0 #AA44E0 #E05C44 #7AE044

split-complementary

#44C8E0 #E0447A #E0AA44

monochromatic

#187F91 #21ADC6 #44C8E0 #78D7E9 #ADE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#44C8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#44C8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44C8E0

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44C8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44C8E0	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44c8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e9',
    500: '#44c8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44c8e0;
$custom-light: #8cd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44c8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77158,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44C8E0

secondary

#E0AAA0

accent

#553AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #44C8E0

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

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