#44B4DC#44B4DC

#44B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B4DC
RGB	rgb(68, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -18.97, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 34.93, 237.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0802 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.115 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6182, 39.0352, 73.5645)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B4DC #DC6C44

analogous

#44DCB8 #44B4DC #4468DC

triadic

#44B4DC #DC44B4 #B4DC44

tetradic

#44B4DC #B844DC #DC6C44 #68DC44

square

#44B4DC #B844DC #DC6C44 #68DC44

split-complementary

#44B4DC #DC4468 #DCB844

monochromatic

#1A6E8B #2496BF #44B4DC #78C9E6 #ABDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#44B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#44B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B4DC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B4DC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae7',
    500: '#44b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b4dc;
$custom-light: #8acae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72297,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B4DC

secondary

#DDAF9F

accent

#6A3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B4DC

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

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