#44A4C9#44A4C9

#44A4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.104 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A4C9
RGB	rgb(68, 164, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -16.58, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 31.87, 238.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0711 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.104 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1978, 31.9941, 60.0418)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A4C9 #C96944

analogous

#44C9AC #44A4C9 #4461C9

triadic

#44A4C9 #C944A4 #A4C944

tetradic

#44A4C9 #AC44C9 #C96944 #61C944

square

#44A4C9 #AC44C9 #C96944 #61C944

split-complementary

#44A4C9 #C94461 #C9AC44

monochromatic

#215B72 #2F81A1 #44A4C9 #73BBD7 #A3D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#44A4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#44A4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A4C9

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A4C9	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 164, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.104 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfd9',
    500: '#44a4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a4c9;
$custom-light: #86bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67705,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A4C9

secondary

#D1A898

accent

#7349DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A4C9

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

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