#44B5DC#44B5DC

#44B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5DC
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -19.49, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 34.84, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0812 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.115 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8208, 39.4404, 73.6320)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5DC #DC6B44

analogous

#44DCB7 #44B5DC #4469DC

triadic

#44B5DC #DC44B5 #B5DC44

tetradic

#44B5DC #B744DC #DC6B44 #69DC44

square

#44B5DC #B744DC #DC6B44 #69DC44

split-complementary

#44B5DC #DC4469 #DCB744

monochromatic

#1A6E8B #2497BF #44B5DC #78C9E6 #ABDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#44B5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#44B5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5DC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5DC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe7',
    500: '#44b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5dc;
$custom-light: #8acbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.395,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72531,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5DC

secondary

#DDAF9F

accent

#693CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5DC

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

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