#44ACD4#44ACD4

#44ACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44ACD4
RGB	rgb(68, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -17.32, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 33.79, 239.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0752 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.111 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0153, 35.4843, 67.5946)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44ACD4 #D46C44

analogous

#44D4B4 #44ACD4 #4464D4

triadic

#44ACD4 #D444AC #ACD444

tetradic

#44ACD4 #B444D4 #D46C44 #64D444

square

#44ACD4 #B444D4 #D46C44 #64D444

split-complementary

#44ACD4 #D44464 #D4B444

monochromatic

#1D6580 #298CB2 #44ACD4 #76C2DF #A8D8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#44ACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#44ACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44ACD4

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44ACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44ACD4	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44acd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4e1',
    500: '#44acd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44acd4;
$custom-light: #88c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44acd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44ACD4

secondary

#D8AC9C

accent

#7042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44ACD4

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

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