#44AACE#44AACE

#44AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.107 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44AACE
RGB	rgb(68, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -18.17, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 32.52, 236.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0754 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.107 225)
XYZ	xyz(27.8947, 34.4316, 63.5564)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44AACE #CE6844

analogous

#44CEAD #44AACE #4465CE

triadic

#44AACE #CE44AA #AACE44

tetradic

#44AACE #AD44CE #CE6844 #65CE44

square

#44AACE #AD44CE #CE6844 #65CE44

split-complementary

#44AACE #CE4465 #CEAD44

monochromatic

#1F6178 #2C88A9 #44AACE #74C0DB #A5D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#44AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#44AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44AACE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44AACE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.107 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3dd',
    500: '#44aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44aace;
$custom-light: #87c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69341,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.34435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44AACE

secondary

#D4A999

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44AACE

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

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