#44ADD4#44ADD4

#44ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44ADD4
RGB	rgb(68, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -17.85, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 33.68, 238.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0762 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.11 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2063, 35.8663, 67.6582)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44ADD4 #D46B44

analogous

#44D4B3 #44ADD4 #4465D4

triadic

#44ADD4 #D444AD #ADD444

tetradic

#44ADD4 #B344D4 #D46B44 #65D444

square

#44ADD4 #B344D4 #D46B44 #65D444

split-complementary

#44ADD4 #D44465 #D4B344

monochromatic

#1D6580 #298DB2 #44ADD4 #76C3DF #A8D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#44ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#44ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44ADD4

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44ADD4	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5e1',
    500: '#44add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44add4;
$custom-light: #88c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70308,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44ADD4

secondary

#D8AC9C

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44ADD4

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

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