#44A9CE#44A9CE

#44A9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.107 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A9CE
RGB	rgb(68, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -17.64, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 32.61, 237.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0744 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.107 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7080, 34.0581, 63.4942)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A9CE #CE6944

analogous

#44CEAE #44A9CE #4464CE

triadic

#44A9CE #CE44A9 #A9CE44

tetradic

#44A9CE #AE44CE #CE6944 #64CE44

square

#44A9CE #AE44CE #CE6944 #64CE44

split-complementary

#44A9CE #CE4464 #CEAE44

monochromatic

#1F6078 #2C87A9 #44A9CE #74BFDB #A5D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#44A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#44A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A9CE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A9CE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.107 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2dd',
    500: '#44a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a9ce;
$custom-light: #87c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69105,
    "c": 0.10681,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A9CE

secondary

#D4A999

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A9CE

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

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