#44B4D8#44B4D8

#44B4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B4D8
RGB	rgb(68, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -20.24, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 34.04, 233.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0817 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.112 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0948, 38.8259, 70.8078)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B4D8 #D86844

analogous

#44D8B2 #44B4D8 #446AD8

triadic

#44B4D8 #D844B4 #B4D844

tetradic

#44B4D8 #B244D8 #D86844 #6AD844

square

#44B4D8 #B244D8 #D86844 #6AD844

split-complementary

#44B4D8 #D8446A #D8B244

monochromatic

#1C6C86 #2695B8 #44B4D8 #77C8E3 #A9DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#44B4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#44B4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B4D8

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B4D8	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cae4',
    500: '#44b4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b4d8;
$custom-light: #89cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B4D8

secondary

#DBAC9D

accent

#683FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B4D8

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

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