#44A4C8#44A4C8

#44A4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.103 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A4C8
RGB	rgb(68, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -16.90, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 31.61, 237.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0715 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.103 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0805, 31.9472, 59.4243)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A4C8 #C86844

analogous

#44C8AA #44A4C8 #4462C8

triadic

#44A4C8 #C844A4 #A4C844

tetradic

#44A4C8 #AA44C8 #C86844 #62C844

square

#44A4C8 #AA44C8 #C86844 #62C844

split-complementary

#44A4C8 #C84462 #C8AA44

monochromatic

#215B71 #2F81A0 #44A4C8 #73BBD6 #A3D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#44A4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#44A4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A4C8

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A4C8	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.103 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfd8',
    500: '#44a4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a4c8;
$custom-light: #86bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67662,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A4C8

secondary

#D1A797

accent

#724ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A4C8

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

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