#44C9DB#44C9DB

#44C9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44C9DB
RGB	rgb(68, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -29.86, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 35.62, 213.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.1014 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.115 208)
XYZ	xyz(36.0512, 48.1126, 74.3907)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44C9DB #DB5644

analogous

#44DBA2 #44C9DB #447EDB

triadic

#44C9DB #DB44C9 #C9DB44

tetradic

#44C9DB #A244DB #DB5644 #7EDB44

square

#44C9DB #A244DB #DB5644 #7EDB44

split-complementary

#44C9DB #DB447E #DBA244

monochromatic

#1B7D8A #24ABBD #44C9DB #77D8E5 #ABE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#44C9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#44C9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44C9DB

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44C9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44C9DB	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44c9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9e6',
    500: '#44c9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44c9db;
$custom-light: #8bd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44c9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.152,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77202,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.48117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44C9DB

secondary

#DCA69E

accent

#523DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #44C9DB

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

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