#44A8CB#44A8CB

#44A8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.105 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A8CB
RGB	rgb(68, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -18.07, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 31.98, 235.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0745 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.105 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1617, 33.5431, 61.5313)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A8CB #CB6744

analogous

#44CBAB #44A8CB #4464CB

triadic

#44A8CB #CB44A8 #A8CB44

tetradic

#44A8CB #AB44CB #CB6744 #64CB44

square

#44A8CB #AB44CB #CB6744 #64CB44

split-complementary

#44A8CB #CB4464 #CBAB44

monochromatic

#205F74 #2E85A4 #44A8CB #74BED8 #A4D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#44A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#44A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A8CB

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A8CB	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.105 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2db',
    500: '#44a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a8cb;
$custom-light: #87c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68738,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A8CB

secondary

#D3A798

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A8CB

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

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