#44B4DE#44B4DE

#44B4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B4DE
RGB	rgb(68, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -18.33, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 35.42, 238.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0795 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.116 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8846, 39.1418, 74.9678)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B4DE #DE6E44

analogous

#44DEBB #44B4DE #4467DE

triadic

#44B4DE #DE44B4 #B4DE44

tetradic

#44B4DE #BB44DE #DE6E44 #67DE44

square

#44B4DE #BB44DE #DE6E44 #67DE44

split-complementary

#44B4DE #DE4467 #DEBB44

monochromatic

#196E8E #2297C2 #44B4DE #78C9E7 #ACDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#44B4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#44B4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B4DE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B4DE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae8',
    500: '#44b4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b4de;
$custom-light: #8acae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72384,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B4DE

secondary

#DEB19F

accent

#6B3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B4DE

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

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