#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
RGBrgb(68, 184, 216)
HSLhsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(193, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.80, -22.30, -25.57)
CIE-LCHlch(69.80, 33.93, 228.91°)
OKLaboklab(73.07% -0.0857 -0.0713)
OKLCHoklch(73.07% 0.112 219.8)
XYZxyz(31.9139, 40.4642, 71.0809)
Luminance0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##44B8D81.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

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

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#44B8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva