#44B8DB#44B8DB

#44B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8DB
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -21.36, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 34.46, 231.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0846 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.113 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3053, 40.6208, 73.1421)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8DB #DB6744

analogous

#44DBB3 #44B8DB #446DDB

triadic

#44B8DB #DB44B8 #B8DB44

tetradic

#44B8DB #B344DB #DB6744 #6DDB44

square

#44B8DB #B344DB #DB6744 #6DDB44

split-complementary

#44B8DB #DB446D #DBB344

monochromatic

#1B708A #249ABD #44B8DB #77CBE5 #ABDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#44B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#44B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8DB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8DB	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde6',
    500: '#44b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8db;
$custom-light: #8acde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.907,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73191,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8DB

secondary

#DCAD9E

accent

#653DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8DB

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

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