#44B5E3#44B5E3

#44B5E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B5E3
RGB	rgb(68, 181, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 20.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -17.25, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 36.61, 241.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0787 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.12 229)
XYZ	xyz(32.7673, 39.8190, 78.6171)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B5E3 #E37244

analogous

#44E3C1 #44B5E3 #4466E3

triadic

#44B5E3 #E344B5 #B5E344

tetradic

#44B5E3 #C144E3 #E37244 #66E344

square

#44B5E3 #C144E3 #E37244 #66E344

split-complementary

#44B5E3 #E34466 #E3C144

monochromatic

#167196 #1E99CB #44B5E3 #79CAEB #AEDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#44B5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#44B5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B5E3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B5E3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 181, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbec',
    500: '#44b5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b5e3;
$custom-light: #8bcbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.358,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.39823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B5E3

secondary

#E1B4A2

accent

#6D37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B5E3

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

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