#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
RGBrgb(68, 180, 227)
HSLhsl(198, 74%, 58%)
HSVhsv(198, 70%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(69.05, -16.73, -32.74)
CIE-LCHlch(69.05, 36.76, 242.94°)
OKLaboklab(72.61% -0.0777 -0.0918)
OKLCHoklch(72.61% 0.12 229.8)
XYZxyz(32.5647, 39.4138, 78.5495)
Luminance0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##44B4E31.002.368.888.88
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8821.001.001.00
##0000008.8821.001.001.00

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

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#44B4E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva