#44A8BE#44A8BE

#44A8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.097 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A8BE
RGB	rgb(68, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -22.12, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 29.75, 221.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0795 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.097 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6770, 32.9492, 53.7118)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A8BE #BE5A44

analogous

#44BE97 #44A8BE #446BBE

triadic

#44A8BE #BE44A8 #A8BE44

tetradic

#44A8BE #9744BE #BE5A44 #6BBE44

square

#44A8BE #9744BE #BE5A44 #6BBE44

split-complementary

#44A8BE #BE446B #BE9744

monochromatic

#235965 #338192 #44A8BE #71BDCE #9FD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#44A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#44A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A8BE

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A8BE	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.097 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2d1',
    500: '#44a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a8be;
$custom-light: #85c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68196,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A8BE

secondary

#CA9E94

accent

#6850D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A8BE

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

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