#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
RGBrgb(68, 173, 216)
HSLhsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(197, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.57, -16.56, -30.53)
CIE-LCHlch(66.57, 34.73, 241.52°)
OKLaboklab(70.48% -0.0747 -0.0855)
OKLCHoklch(70.48% 0.114 228.9)
XYZxyz(29.7172, 36.0707, 70.3486)
Luminance0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##44ADD81.002.568.218.21
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2121.001.001.00
##0000008.2121.001.001.00

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

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#44ADD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva