#44A5CD#44A5CD

#44A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A5CD
RGB	rgb(68, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -15.83, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 32.82, 241.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0706 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.107 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8541, 32.5441, 62.6121)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A5CD #CD6C44

analogous

#44CDB0 #44A5CD #4460CD

triadic

#44A5CD #CD44A5 #A5CD44

tetradic

#44A5CD #B044CD #CD6C44 #60CD44

square

#44A5CD #B044CD #CD6C44 #60CD44

split-complementary

#44A5CD #CD4460 #CDB044

monochromatic

#205D77 #2D83A7 #44A5CD #74BCDA #A5D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#44A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#44A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A5CD

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A5CD	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdc',
    500: '#44a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a5cd;
$custom-light: #87bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68118,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A5CD

secondary

#D4AA99

accent

#7447E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A5CD

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

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