#44AED8#44AED8

#44AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44AED8
RGB	rgb(68, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -17.09, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 34.60, 240.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0757 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.113 228)
XYZ	xyz(29.9096, 36.4556, 70.4128)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44AED8 #D86E44

analogous

#44D8B8 #44AED8 #4464D8

triadic

#44AED8 #D844AE #AED844

tetradic

#44AED8 #B844D8 #D86E44 #64D844

square

#44AED8 #B844D8 #D86E44 #64D844

split-complementary

#44AED8 #D84464 #D8B844

monochromatic

#1C6886 #268FB8 #44AED8 #77C4E3 #A9DAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#44AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#44AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44AED8

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44AED8	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e4',
    500: '#44aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44aed8;
$custom-light: #89c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70718,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.36459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44AED8

secondary

#DBAF9D

accent

#6F3FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44AED8

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

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