#44C9DC#44C9DC

#44C9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44C9DC
RGB	rgb(68, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -29.56, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 35.65, 213.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.101 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.115 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1833, 48.1654, 75.0862)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44C9DC #DC5744

analogous

#44DCA3 #44C9DC #447DDC

triadic

#44C9DC #DC44C9 #C9DC44

tetradic

#44C9DC #A344DC #DC5744 #7DDC44

square

#44C9DC #A344DC #DC5744 #7DDC44

split-complementary

#44C9DC #DC447D #DCA344

monochromatic

#1A7D8B #24ACBF #44C9DC #78D8E6 #ABE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#44C9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#44C9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44C9DC

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44C9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44C9DC	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44c9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9e6',
    500: '#44c9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44c9dc;
$custom-light: #8cd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44c9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7724,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44C9DC

secondary

#DDA79F

accent

#523CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #44C9DC

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

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