#44ACC4#44ACC4

#44ACC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.100 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44ACC4
RGB	rgb(68, 172, 196)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -22.34, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 30.72, 223.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0813 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.1 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0961, 34.7166, 57.4868)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44ACC4 #C45C44

analogous

#44C49C #44ACC4 #446CC4

triadic

#44ACC4 #C444AC #ACC444

tetradic

#44ACC4 #9C44C4 #C45C44 #6CC444

square

#44ACC4 #9C44C4 #C45C44 #6CC444

split-complementary

#44ACC4 #C4446C #C49C44

monochromatic

#225E6C #31869A #44ACC4 #73C1D3 #A1D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#44ACC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#44ACC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44ACC4

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44ACC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44ACC4	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44acc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 172, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.100 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5d6',
    500: '#44acc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44acc4;
$custom-light: #86c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44acc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69398,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44ACC4

secondary

#CEA096

accent

#674CDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44ACC4

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

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