#44A8CE#44A8CE

#44A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.107 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A8CE
RGB	rgb(68, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -17.11, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 32.71, 238.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0733 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.107 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5226, 33.6874, 63.4324)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A8CE #CE6A44

analogous

#44CEAF #44A8CE #4463CE

triadic

#44A8CE #CE44A8 #A8CE44

tetradic

#44A8CE #AF44CE #CE6A44 #63CE44

square

#44A8CE #AF44CE #CE6A44 #63CE44

split-complementary

#44A8CE #CE4463 #CEAF44

monochromatic

#1F6078 #2C86A9 #44A8CE #74BFDB #A5D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#44A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#44A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A8CE

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A8CE	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.107 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2dd',
    500: '#44a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a8ce;
$custom-light: #87c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68869,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A8CE

secondary

#D4AA99

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A8CE

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

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