#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
RGBrgb(68, 180, 216)
HSLhsl(195, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(195, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.63, -20.24, -27.37)
CIE-LCHlch(68.63, 34.04, 233.52°)
OKLaboklab(72.13% -0.0817 -0.0765)
OKLCHoklch(72.13% 0.112 223.1)
XYZxyz(31.0948, 38.8259, 70.8078)
Luminance0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##44B4D81.002.408.778.77
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7721.001.001.00
##0000008.7721.001.001.00

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

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#44B4D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva