#44B4E3#44B4E3

#44B4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B4E3
RGB	rgb(68, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -16.73, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 36.76, 242.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0777 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.12 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5647, 39.4138, 78.5495)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B4E3 #E37344

analogous

#44E3C2 #44B4E3 #4464E3

triadic

#44B4E3 #E344B4 #B4E344

tetradic

#44B4E3 #C244E3 #E37344 #64E344

square

#44B4E3 #C244E3 #E37344 #64E344

split-complementary

#44B4E3 #E34464 #E3C244

monochromatic

#167096 #1E98CB #44B4E3 #79C9EB #AEDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#44B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#44B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B4E3

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B4E3	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcaec',
    500: '#44b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b4e3;
$custom-light: #8bcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.736,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B4E3

secondary

#E1B4A2

accent

#6E37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B4E3

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

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