#44AEC9#44AEC9

#44AEC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.103 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44AEC9
RGB	rgb(68, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -21.83, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 31.47, 226.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0814 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.103 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0582, 35.7150, 60.6620)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44AEC9 #C95F44

analogous

#44C9A1 #44AEC9 #446CC9

triadic

#44AEC9 #C944AE #AEC944

tetradic

#44AEC9 #A144C9 #C95F44 #6CC944

square

#44AEC9 #A144C9 #C95F44 #6CC944

split-complementary

#44AEC9 #C9446C #C9A144

monochromatic

#216172 #2F8AA1 #44AEC9 #73C3D7 #A3D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#44AEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#44AEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44AEC9

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44AEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44AEC9	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44aec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.103 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6d9',
    500: '#44aec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44aec9;
$custom-light: #87c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44aec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.18,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44AEC9

secondary

#D1A398

accent

#6849DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44AEC9

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

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