#44AEC5#44AEC5

#44AEC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.101 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44AEC5
RGB	rgb(68, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -23.06, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 30.97, 221.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.083 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.101 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5938, 35.5293, 58.2161)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44AEC5 #C55B44

analogous

#44C59C #44AEC5 #446DC5

triadic

#44AEC5 #C544AE #AEC544

tetradic

#44AEC5 #9C44C5 #C55B44 #6DC544

square

#44AEC5 #9C44C5 #C55B44 #6DC544

split-complementary

#44AEC5 #C5446D #C59C44

monochromatic

#225F6D #30889C #44AEC5 #73C2D3 #A1D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#44AEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#44AEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44AEC5

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44AEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44AEC5	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44aec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.101 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6d6',
    500: '#44aec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44aec5;
$custom-light: #87c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44aec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69917,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44AEC5

secondary

#CFA096

accent

#654CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44AEC5

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

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