#44B6DC#44B6DC

#44B6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B6DC
RGB	rgb(68, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -20.01, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 34.77, 234.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0822 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.114 224)
XYZ	xyz(32.0248, 39.8485, 73.7000)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B6DC #DC6A44

analogous

#44DCB6 #44B6DC #446ADC

triadic

#44B6DC #DC44B6 #B6DC44

tetradic

#44B6DC #B644DC #DC6A44 #6ADC44

square

#44B6DC #B644DC #DC6A44 #6ADC44

split-complementary

#44B6DC #DC446A #DCB644

monochromatic

#1A6F8B #2498BF #44B6DC #78CAE6 #ABDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#44B6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#44B6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B6DC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B6DC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce7',
    500: '#44b6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b6dc;
$custom-light: #8acce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72765,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.39852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B6DC

secondary

#DDAE9F

accent

#683CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B6DC

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

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