#44B5DF#44B5DF

#44B5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5DF
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -18.54, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 35.56, 238.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0801 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.117 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2217, 39.6008, 75.7433)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5DF #DF6E44

analogous

#44DFBB #44B5DF #4468DF

triadic

#44B5DF #DF44B5 #B5DF44

tetradic

#44B5DF #BB44DF #DF6E44 #68DF44

square

#44B5DF #BB44DF #DF6E44 #68DF44

split-complementary

#44B5DF #DF4468 #DFBB44

monochromatic

#197090 #2298C4 #44B5DF #78CAE8 #ADDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#44B5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#44B5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5DF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5DF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe9',
    500: '#44b5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5df;
$custom-light: #8acbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.258,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72661,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5DF

secondary

#DFB1A0

accent

#6B3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5DF

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