#44B0D8#44B0D8

#44B0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B0D8
RGB	rgb(68, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -18.15, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 34.36, 238.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0777 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.113 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2989, 37.2341, 70.5425)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B0D8 #D86C44

analogous

#44D8B6 #44B0D8 #4466D8

triadic

#44B0D8 #D844B0 #B0D844

tetradic

#44B0D8 #B644D8 #D86C44 #66D844

square

#44B0D8 #B644D8 #D86C44 #66D844

split-complementary

#44B0D8 #D84466 #D8B644

monochromatic

#1C6986 #2691B8 #44B0D8 #77C5E3 #A9DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#44B0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#44B0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B0D8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B0D8	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7e4',
    500: '#44b0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b0d8;
$custom-light: #89c7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71186,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B0D8

secondary

#DBAE9D

accent

#6D3FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B0D8

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

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