#44AAD8#44AAD8

#44AAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.115 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44AAD8
RGB	rgb(68, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -14.96, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 35.22, 244.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0718 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.115 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1484, 34.9330, 70.1590)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44AAD8 #D87244

analogous

#44D8BC #44AAD8 #4460D8

triadic

#44AAD8 #D844AA #AAD844

tetradic

#44AAD8 #BC44D8 #D87244 #60D844

square

#44AAD8 #BC44D8 #D87244 #60D844

split-complementary

#44AAD8 #D84460 #D8BC44

monochromatic

#1C6586 #268BB8 #44AAD8 #77C1E3 #A9D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#44AAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#44AAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44AAD8

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44AAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44AAD8	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44aad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.115 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3e4',
    500: '#44aad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44aad8;
$custom-light: #89c3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44aad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69784,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44AAD8

secondary

#DBB09D

accent

#743FE8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44AAD8

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

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