#44B5DE#44B5DE

#44B5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5DE
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -18.86, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 35.31, 237.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0805 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.116 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0872, 39.5470, 75.0353)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5DE #DE6D44

analogous

#44DEBA #44B5DE #4468DE

triadic

#44B5DE #DE44B5 #B5DE44

tetradic

#44B5DE #BA44DE #DE6D44 #68DE44

square

#44B5DE #BA44DE #DE6D44 #68DE44

split-complementary

#44B5DE #DE4468 #DEBA44

monochromatic

#196F8E #2298C2 #44B5DE #78CAE7 #ACDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#44B5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#44B5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5DE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5DE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe8',
    500: '#44b5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5de;
$custom-light: #8acbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.974,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72617,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5DE

secondary

#DEB09F

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5DE

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

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