#44B5DD#44B5DD

#44B5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5DD
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -19.17, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 35.07, 236.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0809 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.115 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9536, 39.4936, 74.3316)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5DD #DD6C44

analogous

#44DDB8 #44B5DD #4469DD

triadic

#44B5DD #DD44B5 #B5DD44

tetradic

#44B5DD #B844DD #DD6C44 #69DD44

square

#44B5DD #B844DD #DD6C44 #69DD44

split-complementary

#44B5DD #DD4469 #DDB844

monochromatic

#1A6F8D #2398C1 #44B5DD #78C9E6 #ACDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#44B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#44B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5DD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5DD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe7',
    500: '#44b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5dd;
$custom-light: #8acbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5DD

secondary

#DEAF9F

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5DD

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

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