#44A9C8#44A9C8

#44A9C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.103 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A9C8
RGB	rgb(68, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -19.54, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 31.29, 231.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0766 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.103 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9930, 33.7721, 59.7285)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A9C8 #C86344

analogous

#44C8A5 #44A9C8 #4467C8

triadic

#44A9C8 #C844A9 #A9C844

tetradic

#44A9C8 #A544C8 #C86344 #67C844

square

#44A9C8 #A544C8 #C86344 #67C844

split-complementary

#44A9C8 #C84467 #C8A544

monochromatic

#215E71 #2F85A0 #44A9C8 #73BFD6 #A3D4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#44A9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#44A9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A9C8

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A9C8	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.103 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2d8',
    500: '#44a9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a9c8;
$custom-light: #87c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68848,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A9C8

secondary

#D1A597

accent

#6D4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A9C8

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

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