#44B5D8#44B5D8

#44B5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5D8
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -20.76, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 33.99, 232.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0827 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.112 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2974, 39.2311, 70.8753)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5D8 #D86744

analogous

#44D8B1 #44B5D8 #446BD8

triadic

#44B5D8 #D844B5 #B5D844

tetradic

#44B5D8 #B144D8 #D86744 #6BD844

square

#44B5D8 #B144D8 #D86744 #6BD844

split-complementary

#44B5D8 #D8446B #D8B144

monochromatic

#1C6D86 #2696B8 #44B5D8 #77C9E3 #A9DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#44B5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#44B5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5D8

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5D8	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbe4',
    500: '#44b5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5d8;
$custom-light: #89cbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.189,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7236,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5D8

secondary

#DBAC9D

accent

#673FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5D8

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

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