#44B5CD#44B5CD

#44B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5CD
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -24.17, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 32.34, 221.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.087 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.106 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9226, 38.6812, 63.6350)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5CD #CD5C44

analogous

#44CDA0 #44B5CD #4470CD

triadic

#44B5CD #CD44B5 #B5CD44

tetradic

#44B5CD #A044CD #CD5C44 #70CD44

square

#44B5CD #A044CD #CD5C44 #70CD44

split-complementary

#44B5CD #CD4470 #CDA044

monochromatic

#206877 #2D92A7 #44B5CD #74C8DA #A5DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#44B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#44B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5CD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5CD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbdc',
    500: '#44b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5cd;
$custom-light: #88cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.511,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71908,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5CD

secondary

#D4A399

accent

#6247E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5CD

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

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