#44B2C8#44B2C8

#44B2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.103 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B2C8
RGB	rgb(68, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -24.18, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 31.61, 220.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0859 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.103 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7253, 37.2367, 60.3059)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B2C8 #C85A44

analogous

#44C89C #44B2C8 #4470C8

triadic

#44B2C8 #C844B2 #B2C844

tetradic

#44B2C8 #9C44C8 #C85A44 #70C844

square

#44B2C8 #9C44C8 #C85A44 #70C844

split-complementary

#44B2C8 #C84470 #C89C44

monochromatic

#216371 #2F8DA0 #44B2C8 #73C5D6 #A3D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#44B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#44B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B2C8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B2C8	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)

#A2ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.103 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9d8',
    500: '#44b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b2c8;
$custom-light: #87c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70993,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B2C8

secondary

#D1A197

accent

#634ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B2C8

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

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