#44AED9#44AED9

#44AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.114 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44AED9
RGB	rgb(68, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -16.77, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 34.87, 241.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0754 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.114 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0393, 36.5075, 71.0957)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44AED9 #D96F44

analogous

#44D9B9 #44AED9 #4463D9

triadic

#44AED9 #D944AE #AED944

tetradic

#44AED9 #B944D9 #D96F44 #63D944

square

#44AED9 #B944D9 #D96F44 #63D944

split-complementary

#44AED9 #D94463 #D9B944

monochromatic

#1B6887 #268FBA #44AED9 #77C4E3 #AADAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#44AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#44AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44AED9

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44AED9	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.114 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e5',
    500: '#44aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44aed9;
$custom-light: #89c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70763,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44AED9

secondary

#DBAF9E

accent

#703FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44AED9

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

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