#44B5DB#44B5DB

#44B5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5DB
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -19.81, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 34.62, 235.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0816 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.114 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6887, 39.3876, 72.9366)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5DB #DB6A44

analogous

#44DBB5 #44B5DB #446ADB

triadic

#44B5DB #DB44B5 #B5DB44

tetradic

#44B5DB #B544DB #DB6A44 #6ADB44

square

#44B5DB #B544DB #DB6A44 #6ADB44

split-complementary

#44B5DB #DB446A #DBB544

monochromatic

#1B6E8A #2497BD #44B5DB #77C9E5 #ABDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#44B5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#44B5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5DB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5DB	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe6',
    500: '#44b5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5db;
$custom-light: #8acbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72488,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5DB

secondary

#DCAE9E

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5DB

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

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