#44D8EE#44D8EE

#44D8EE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.124 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44D8EE
RGB	rgb(68, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(188, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -31.43, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 38.39, 215.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.1083 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.124 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3657, 56.5087, 89.5468)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44D8EE #EE5A44

analogous

#44EEAF #44D8EE #4483EE

triadic

#44D8EE #EE44D8 #D8EE44

tetradic

#44D8EE #AF44EE #EE5A44 #83EE44

square

#44D8EE #AF44EE #EE5A44 #83EE44

split-complementary

#44D8EE #EE4483 #EEAF44

monochromatic

#0F94A8 #14C6E0 #44D8EE #7CE4F3 #B4EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#44D8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#44D8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44D8EE

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44D8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44D8EE	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44d8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.124 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4f3',
    500: '#44d8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44d8ee;
$custom-light: #8fe4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44d8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.765,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81451,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44D8EE

secondary

#AA3D2D

accent

#482EFA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #44D8EE

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

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