#44C9D8#44C9D8

#44C9D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.114 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44C9D8
RGB	rgb(68, 201, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -30.75, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 35.61, 210.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.1026 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.114 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6598, 47.9560, 72.3295)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44C9D8 #D85344

analogous

#44D89D #44C9D8 #447FD8

triadic

#44C9D8 #D844C9 #C9D844

tetradic

#44C9D8 #9D44D8 #D85344 #7FD844

square

#44C9D8 #9D44D8 #D85344 #7FD844

split-complementary

#44C9D8 #D8447F #D89D44

monochromatic

#1C7B86 #26AAB8 #44C9D8 #77D8E3 #A9E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#44C9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#44C9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44C9D8

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44C9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44C9D8	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44c9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 201, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.114 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9e4',
    500: '#44c9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44c9d8;
$custom-light: #8bd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44c9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.081,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7709,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44C9D8

secondary

#DBA39D

accent

#503FE8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #44C9D8

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

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