#44B6D8#44B6D8

#44B6D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B6D8
RGB	rgb(68, 182, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -21.27, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 33.96, 231.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0837 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.112 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5014, 39.6392, 70.9434)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B6D8 #D86644

analogous

#44D8B0 #44B6D8 #446CD8

triadic

#44B6D8 #D844B6 #B6D844

tetradic

#44B6D8 #B044D8 #D86644 #6CD844

square

#44B6D8 #B044D8 #D86644 #6CD844

split-complementary

#44B6D8 #D8446C #D8B044

monochromatic

#1C6D86 #2697B8 #44B6D8 #77CAE3 #A9DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#44B6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#44B6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B6D8

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B6D8	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 182, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cce4',
    500: '#44b6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b6d8;
$custom-light: #89cce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72595,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B6D8

secondary

#DBAB9D

accent

#663FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B6D8

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

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