#44B5D9#44B5D9

#44B5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5D9
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -20.44, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 34.19, 233.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0824 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.112 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4270, 39.2829, 71.5583)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5D9 #D96844

analogous

#44D9B3 #44B5D9 #446AD9

triadic

#44B5D9 #D944B5 #B5D944

tetradic

#44B5D9 #B344D9 #D96844 #6AD944

square

#44B5D9 #B344D9 #D96844 #6AD944

split-complementary

#44B5D9 #D9446A #D9B344

monochromatic

#1B6D87 #2696BA #44B5D9 #77C9E3 #AADDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#44B5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#44B5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5D9

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5D9	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe4',
    500: '#44b5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5d9;
$custom-light: #8acbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.497,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72402,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5D9

secondary

#DBAC9E

accent

#683FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5D9

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

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