#44D8E9#44D8E9

#44D8E9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.123 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44D8E9
RGB	rgb(68, 216, 233)
HSL	hsl(186, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -32.91, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 38.32, 210.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.1103 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.123 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6413, 56.2190, 85.7317)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44D8E9 #E95544

analogous

#44E9A8 #44D8E9 #4486E9

triadic

#44D8E9 #E944D8 #D8E944

tetradic

#44D8E9 #A844E9 #E95544 #86E944

square

#44D8E9 #A844E9 #E95544 #86E944

split-complementary

#44D8E9 #E94486 #E9A844

monochromatic

#1391A0 #19C3D7 #44D8E9 #7BE3EF #B2EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#44D8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#44D8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44D8E9

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44D8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44D8E9	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44d8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 216, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.123 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4f0',
    500: '#44d8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44d8e9;
$custom-light: #8ee4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44d8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.182,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81264,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44D8E9

secondary

#A23B2F

accent

#4632F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #44D8E9

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

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