#44B6DB#44B6DB

#44B6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B6DB
RGB	rgb(68, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -20.33, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 34.55, 233.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0826 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.114 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8928, 39.7957, 73.0046)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B6DB #DB6944

analogous

#44DBB5 #44B6DB #446BDB

triadic

#44B6DB #DB44B6 #B6DB44

tetradic

#44B6DB #B544DB #DB6944 #6BDB44

square

#44B6DB #B544DB #DB6944 #6BDB44

split-complementary

#44B6DB #DB446B #DBB544

monochromatic

#1B6F8A #2498BD #44B6DB #77CAE5 #ABDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#44B6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#44B6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B6DB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B6DB	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)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce6',
    500: '#44b6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b6db;
$custom-light: #8acce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72722,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B6DB

secondary

#DCAE9E

accent

#683DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B6DB

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

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