#44A5C8#44A5C8

#44A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.103 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A5C8
RGB	rgb(68, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -17.43, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 31.52, 236.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0725 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.103 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2602, 32.3065, 59.4842)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A5C8 #C86744

analogous

#44C8A9 #44A5C8 #4463C8

triadic

#44A5C8 #C844A5 #A5C844

tetradic

#44A5C8 #A944C8 #C86744 #63C844

square

#44A5C8 #A944C8 #C86744 #63C844

split-complementary

#44A5C8 #C84463 #C8A944

monochromatic

#215B71 #2F82A0 #44A5C8 #73BCD6 #A3D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#44A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#44A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A5C8

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A5C8	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.103 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfd8',
    500: '#44a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a5c8;
$custom-light: #86bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67898,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A5C8

secondary

#D1A697

accent

#714ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A5C8

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

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