#44A5E0#44A5E0

#44A5E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.125 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A5E0
RGB	rgb(68, 165, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 26.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -9.60, -38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 39.23, 255.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0641 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.125 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2883, 33.5178, 75.4326)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A5E0 #E07F44

analogous

#44E0CD #44A5E0 #4457E0

triadic

#44A5E0 #E044A5 #A5E044

tetradic

#44A5E0 #CD44E0 #E07F44 #57E044

square

#44A5E0 #CD44E0 #E07F44 #57E044

split-complementary

#44A5E0 #E04457 #E0CD44

monochromatic

#186491 #2188C6 #44A5E0 #78BEE9 #ADD8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#44A5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#44A5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A5E0

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A5E0	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7496DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 165, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.125 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfea',
    500: '#44a5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a5e0;
$custom-light: #8abfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.692,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69005,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A5E0

secondary

#E0B8A0

accent

#7E3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A5E0

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

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