#44A8D8#44A8D8

#44A8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.116 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A8D8
RGB	rgb(68, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -13.88, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 35.61, 247.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0698 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.116 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7763, 34.1889, 70.0350)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A8D8 #D87444

analogous

#44D8BE #44A8D8 #445ED8

triadic

#44A8D8 #D844A8 #A8D844

tetradic

#44A8D8 #BE44D8 #D87444 #5ED844

square

#44A8D8 #BE44D8 #D87444 #5ED844

split-complementary

#44A8D8 #D8445E #D8BE44

monochromatic

#1C6386 #2689B8 #44A8D8 #77C0E3 #A9D7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#44A8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#44A8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A8D8

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A8D8	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.116 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1e4',
    500: '#44a8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a8d8;
$custom-light: #89c1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69319,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A8D8

secondary

#DBB19D

accent

#763FE8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A8D8

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

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