#44B3E2#44B3E2

#44B3E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B3E2
RGB	rgb(68, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -16.52, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 36.64, 243.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0771 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.12 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2260, 38.9565, 77.7577)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B3E2 #E27344

analogous

#44E2C2 #44B3E2 #4464E2

triadic

#44B3E2 #E244B3 #B3E244

tetradic

#44B3E2 #C244E2 #E27344 #64E244

square

#44B3E2 #C244E2 #E27344 #64E244

split-complementary

#44B3E2 #E24464 #E2C244

monochromatic

#176F95 #1F97CA #44B3E2 #79C9EA #AEDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#44B3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#44B3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B3E2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B3E2	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9eb',
    500: '#44b3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b3e2;
$custom-light: #8bc9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.848,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B3E2

secondary

#E1B4A1

accent

#6F38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B3E2

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

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