#44B6DD#44B6DD

#44B6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B6DD
RGB	rgb(68, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -19.70, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 34.99, 235.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0819 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.115 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1577, 39.9017, 74.3996)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B6DD #DD6B44

analogous

#44DDB8 #44B6DD #446ADD

triadic

#44B6DD #DD44B6 #B6DD44

tetradic

#44B6DD #B844DD #DD6B44 #6ADD44

square

#44B6DD #B844DD #DD6B44 #6ADD44

split-complementary

#44B6DD #DD446A #DDB844

monochromatic

#1A708D #2399C1 #44B6DD #78CAE6 #ACDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#44B6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#44B6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B6DD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B6DD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce7',
    500: '#44b6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b6dd;
$custom-light: #8acce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72808,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B6DD

secondary

#DEAF9F

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B6DD

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

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