#44B2DD#44B2DD

#44B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B2DD
RGB	rgb(68, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -17.60, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 35.40, 240.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0779 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.116 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3502, 38.2867, 74.1304)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B2DD #DD6F44

analogous

#44DDBC #44B2DD #4466DD

triadic

#44B2DD #DD44B2 #B2DD44

tetradic

#44B2DD #BC44DD #DD6F44 #66DD44

square

#44B2DD #BC44DD #DD6F44 #66DD44

split-complementary

#44B2DD #DD4466 #DDBC44

monochromatic

#1A6D8D #2394C1 #44B2DD #78C7E6 #ACDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#44B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#44B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B2DD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B2DD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e7',
    500: '#44b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b2dd;
$custom-light: #8ac9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.863,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B2DD

secondary

#DEB19F

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B2DD

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

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