#44B2DB#44B2DB

#44B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B2DB
RGB	rgb(68, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -18.24, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 34.89, 238.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0786 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.115 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0853, 38.1807, 72.7354)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B2DB #DB6D44

analogous

#44DBB8 #44B2DB #4467DB

triadic

#44B2DB #DB44B2 #B2DB44

tetradic

#44B2DB #B844DB #DB6D44 #67DB44

square

#44B2DB #B844DB #DB6D44 #67DB44

split-complementary

#44B2DB #DB4467 #DBB844

monochromatic

#1B6C8A #2494BD #44B2DB #77C7E5 #ABDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#44B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#44B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B2DB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B2DB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e6',
    500: '#44b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b2db;
$custom-light: #8ac9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71786,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B2DB

secondary

#DCAF9E

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B2DB

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

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