#44B8DD#44B8DD

#44B8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.115 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8DD
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -20.73, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 34.85, 233.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0838 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.115 223)
XYZ	xyz(32.5702, 40.7267, 74.5371)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8DD #DD6944

analogous

#44DDB6 #44B8DD #446CDD

triadic

#44B8DD #DD44B8 #B8DD44

tetradic

#44B8DD #B644DD #DD6944 #6CDD44

square

#44B8DD #B644DD #DD6944 #6CDD44

split-complementary

#44B8DD #DD446C #DDB644

monochromatic

#1A718D #239BC1 #44B8DD #78CCE6 #ACDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#44B8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#44B8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8DD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8DD	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.115 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde7',
    500: '#44b8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8dd;
$custom-light: #8acde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.51,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73276,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.4073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8DD

secondary

#DEAE9F

accent

#663CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8DD

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

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