#44A8CC#44A8CC

#44A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.106 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A8CC
RGB	rgb(68, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -17.75, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 32.22, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0741 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.106 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2812, 33.5909, 62.1610)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A8CC #CC6844

analogous

#44CCAC #44A8CC #4464CC

triadic

#44A8CC #CC44A8 #A8CC44

tetradic

#44A8CC #AC44CC #CC6844 #64CC44

square

#44A8CC #AC44CC #CC6844 #64CC44

split-complementary

#44A8CC #CC4464 #CCAC44

monochromatic

#205F76 #2D86A6 #44A8CC #74BED9 #A4D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#44A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#44A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A8CC

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A8CC	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.106 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2db',
    500: '#44a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a8cc;
$custom-light: #87c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68782,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A8CC

secondary

#D3A899

accent

#7047E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A8CC

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

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