#44AAC8#44AAC8

#44AAC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.102 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44AAC8
RGB	rgb(68, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -20.06, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 31.27, 230.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0777 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.102 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1797, 34.1456, 59.7907)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44AAC8 #C86244

analogous

#44C8A4 #44AAC8 #4468C8

triadic

#44AAC8 #C844AA #AAC844

tetradic

#44AAC8 #A444C8 #C86244 #68C844

square

#44AAC8 #A444C8 #C86244 #68C844

split-complementary

#44AAC8 #C84468 #C8A444

monochromatic

#215E71 #2F86A0 #44AAC8 #73BFD6 #A3D5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#44AAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#44AAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44AAC8

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44AAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44AAC8	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44aac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.102 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3d8',
    500: '#44aac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44aac8;
$custom-light: #87c3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44aac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69085,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44AAC8

secondary

#D1A497

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44AAC8

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

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