#44A5BE#44A5BE

#44A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.097 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A5BE
RGB	rgb(68, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -20.56, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 29.58, 225.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0763 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.097 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1295, 31.8543, 53.5293)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A5BE #BE5D44

analogous

#44BE9A #44A5BE #4468BE

triadic

#44A5BE #BE44A5 #A5BE44

tetradic

#44A5BE #9A44BE #BE5D44 #68BE44

square

#44A5BE #9A44BE #BE5D44 #68BE44

split-complementary

#44A5BE #BE4468 #BE9A44

monochromatic

#235765 #337F92 #44A5BE #71BBCE #9FD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#44A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#44A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A5BE

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A5BE	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.097 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0d1',
    500: '#44a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a5be;
$custom-light: #85c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.295,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67476,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A5BE

secondary

#CA9F94

accent

#6C50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A5BE

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

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