#44aa9c

Color #44aa9c

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 6.97 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#44aa9c

RGB

rgb(68, 170, 156)

HSL

hsl(171.8, 42.9%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.8, 60%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(60%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.65, -32.86, -1.6)

LCH

lch(63.65, 32.9, 182.79)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0965, 182.85)

HWB

hwb(171.8, 26.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa4452

Analogous

#44aa69

#44aa9c

#4485aa

Triadic

#44aa9c

#9c44aa

#aa9c44

Split-complementary

#44aa9c

#aa4485

#aa6944

Tetradic

#44aa9c

#4452aa

#aa4452

#aa9c44

Square

#44aa9c

#6944aa

#aa4452

#85aa44

Shades

Color #44aa9c mixed toward black.

#398e82

#2d7168

#22554e

#173934

#0b1c1a

Tints

Color #44aa9c mixed toward white.

#5dbeb1

#7ecbc1

#9ed8d0

#bee5e0

#dff2ef

Tones

Color #44aa9c mixed toward gray.

#4da296

#559990

#5e918a

#668883

#6f807d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ea0 · ΔE 29.9

Deuteranopia

#7870a0 · ΔE 34.3

Tritanopia

#4da2a3 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #44aa9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#44aa9c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#44aa9c (#44aa9c) is rgb(68, 170, 156) in RGB.

No, #44aa9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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