#44AEC8#44AEC8

#44AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.102 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44AEC8
RGB	rgb(68, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -22.13, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 31.33, 225.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0818 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.102 217)
XYZ	xyz(27.9410, 35.6681, 60.0445)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44AEC8 #C85E44

analogous

#44C8A0 #44AEC8 #446CC8

triadic

#44AEC8 #C844AE #AEC844

tetradic

#44AEC8 #A044C8 #C85E44 #6CC844

square

#44AEC8 #A044C8 #C85E44 #6CC844

split-complementary

#44AEC8 #C8446C #C8A044

monochromatic

#216171 #2F8AA0 #44AEC8 #73C2D6 #A3D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#44AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#44AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44AEC8

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44AEC8	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.102 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6d8',
    500: '#44aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44aec8;
$custom-light: #87c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70038,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.35671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44AEC8

secondary

#D1A397

accent

#674ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44AEC8

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

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