#44ACC5#44ACC5

#44ACC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.101 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44ACC5
RGB	rgb(68, 172, 197)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -22.03, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 30.84, 224.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0809 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.101 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2103, 34.7623, 58.0883)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44ACC5 #C55D44

analogous

#44C59E #44ACC5 #446CC5

triadic

#44ACC5 #C544AC #ACC544

tetradic

#44ACC5 #9E44C5 #C55D44 #6CC544

square

#44ACC5 #9E44C5 #C55D44 #6CC544

split-complementary

#44ACC5 #C5446C #C59E44

monochromatic

#225E6D #30879C #44ACC5 #73C1D3 #A1D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#44ACC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#44ACC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44ACC5

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44ACC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44ACC5	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44acc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 172, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.101 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c5d6',
    500: '#44acc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44acc5;
$custom-light: #87c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44acc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.628,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69438,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44ACC5

secondary

#CFA196

accent

#684CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44ACC5

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

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