#44B2DC#44B2DC

#44B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B2DC
RGB	rgb(68, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -17.92, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 35.14, 239.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0783 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.115 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2173, 38.2335, 73.4308)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B2DC #DC6E44

analogous

#44DCBA #44B2DC #4466DC

triadic

#44B2DC #DC44B2 #B2DC44

tetradic

#44B2DC #BA44DC #DC6E44 #66DC44

square

#44B2DC #BA44DC #DC6E44 #66DC44

split-complementary

#44B2DC #DC4466 #DCBA44

monochromatic

#1A6C8B #2494BF #44B2DC #78C7E6 #ABDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#44B2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#44B2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B2DC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B2DC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e7',
    500: '#44b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b2dc;
$custom-light: #8ac9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71829,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B2DC

secondary

#DDB09F

accent

#6D3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B2DC

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

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