#44B3DC#44B3DC

#44B3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B3DC
RGB	rgb(68, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -18.45, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 35.03, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0793 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.115 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4170, 38.6329, 73.4974)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B3DC #DC6D44

analogous

#44DCB9 #44B3DC #4467DC

triadic

#44B3DC #DC44B3 #B3DC44

tetradic

#44B3DC #B944DC #DC6D44 #67DC44

square

#44B3DC #B944DC #DC6D44 #67DC44

split-complementary

#44B3DC #DC4467 #DCB944

monochromatic

#1A6D8B #2495BF #44B3DC #78C8E6 #ABDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#44B3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#44B3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B3DC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B3DC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e7',
    500: '#44b3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b3dc;
$custom-light: #8ac9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B3DC

secondary

#DDB09F

accent

#6C3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B3DC

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

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