#44A8DF#44A8DF

#44A8DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A8DF
RGB	rgb(68, 168, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -11.58, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 38.01, 252.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0674 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.122 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7006, 34.5586, 74.9029)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A8DF #DF7B44

analogous

#44DFC8 #44A8DF #445BDF

triadic

#44A8DF #DF44A8 #A8DF44

tetradic

#44A8DF #C844DF #DF7B44 #5BDF44

square

#44A8DF #C844DF #DF7B44 #5BDF44

split-complementary

#44A8DF #DF445B #DFC844

monochromatic

#196690 #228BC4 #44A8DF #78C0E8 #ADD9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#44A8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#44A8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A8DF

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A8DF	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7998DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 168, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e9',
    500: '#44a8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a8df;
$custom-light: #8ac1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69647,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A8DF

secondary

#DFB6A0

accent

#7A3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A8DF

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

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