#44B4E2#44B4E2

#44B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B4E2
RGB	rgb(68, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -17.05, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 36.48, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0781 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.119 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4271, 39.3588, 77.8248)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B4E2 #E27244

analogous

#44E2C1 #44B4E2 #4465E2

triadic

#44B4E2 #E244B4 #B4E244

tetradic

#44B4E2 #C144E2 #E27244 #65E244

square

#44B4E2 #C144E2 #E27244 #65E244

split-complementary

#44B4E2 #E24465 #E2C144

monochromatic

#177095 #1F98CA #44B4E2 #79C9EA #AEDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#44B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#44B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B4E2

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B4E2	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcaeb',
    500: '#44b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b4e2;
$custom-light: #8bcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.468,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72561,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B4E2

secondary

#E1B4A1

accent

#6D38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B4E2

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

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