#44ADD8#44ADD8

#44ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44ADD8
RGB	rgb(68, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -16.56, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 34.73, 241.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0747 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.114 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7172, 36.0707, 70.3486)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44ADD8 #D86F44

analogous

#44D8B9 #44ADD8 #4463D8

triadic

#44ADD8 #D844AD #ADD844

tetradic

#44ADD8 #B944D8 #D86F44 #63D844

square

#44ADD8 #B944D8 #D86F44 #63D844

split-complementary

#44ADD8 #D84463 #D8B944

monochromatic

#1C6786 #268EB8 #44ADD8 #77C3E3 #A9D9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#44ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#44ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44ADD8

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44ADD8	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5e4',
    500: '#44add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44add8;
$custom-light: #89c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70484,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44ADD8

secondary

#DBAF9D

accent

#703FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44ADD8

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

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