#44B2DF#44B2DF

#44B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B2DF
RGB	rgb(68, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -16.96, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 35.94, 241.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0772 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.118 229)
XYZ	xyz(31.6182, 38.3939, 75.5421)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B2DF #DF7144

analogous

#44DFBE #44B2DF #4465DF

triadic

#44B2DF #DF44B2 #B2DF44

tetradic

#44B2DF #BE44DF #DF7144 #65DF44

square

#44B2DF #BE44DF #DF7144 #65DF44

split-complementary

#44B2DF #DF4465 #DFBE44

monochromatic

#196D90 #2295C4 #44B2DF #78C8E8 #ADDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#44B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#44B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B2DF

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B2DF	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e9',
    500: '#44b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b2df;
$custom-light: #8ac9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71962,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.38397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B2DF

secondary

#DFB2A0

accent

#6E3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B2DF

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

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