#44B4DB#44B4DB

#44B4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B4DB
RGB	rgb(68, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -19.29, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 34.70, 236.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0806 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.114 225)
XYZ	xyz(31.4861, 38.9824, 72.8691)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B4DB #DB6B44

analogous

#44DBB7 #44B4DB #4469DB

triadic

#44B4DB #DB44B4 #B4DB44

tetradic

#44B4DB #B744DB #DB6B44 #69DB44

square

#44B4DB #B744DB #DB6B44 #69DB44

split-complementary

#44B4DB #DB4469 #DBB744

monochromatic

#1B6D8A #2496BD #44B4DB #77C9E5 #ABDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#44B4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#44B4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B4DB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B4DB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae6',
    500: '#44b4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b4db;
$custom-light: #8acae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.497,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.38986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B4DB

secondary

#DCAE9E

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B4DB

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

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