#44B8D8#44B8D8

#44B8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8D8
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -22.30, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 33.93, 228.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0857 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.112 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9139, 40.4642, 71.0809)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8D8 #D86444

analogous

#44D8AE #44B8D8 #446ED8

triadic

#44B8D8 #D844B8 #B8D844

tetradic

#44B8D8 #AE44D8 #D86444 #6ED844

square

#44B8D8 #AE44D8 #D86444 #6ED844

split-complementary

#44B8D8 #D8446E #D8AE44

monochromatic

#1C6F86 #2699B8 #44B8D8 #77CBE3 #A9DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#44B8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#44B8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8D8

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8D8	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde4',
    500: '#44b8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8d8;
$custom-light: #8acde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73066,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8D8

secondary

#DBAA9D

accent

#643FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8D8

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

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