#44B4DA#44B4DA

#44B4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B4DA
RGB	rgb(68, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -19.61, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 34.47, 235.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.081 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.113 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3549, 38.9299, 72.1778)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B4DA #DA6A44

analogous

#44DAB5 #44B4DA #4469DA

triadic

#44B4DA #DA44B4 #B4DA44

tetradic

#44B4DA #B544DA #DA6A44 #69DA44

square

#44B4DA #B544DA #DA6A44 #69DA44

split-complementary

#44B4DA #DA4469 #DAB544

monochromatic

#1B6D89 #2596BC #44B4DA #77C8E4 #AADDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#44B4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#44B4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B4DA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B4DA	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)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae5',
    500: '#44b4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b4da;
$custom-light: #8acae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 66.964,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B4DA

secondary

#DCAE9E

accent

#693EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B4DA

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

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