#44B8DF#44B8DF

#44B8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B8DF
RGB	rgb(68, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -20.10, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 35.28, 235.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0831 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.116 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8382, 40.8339, 75.9488)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B8DF #DF6B44

analogous

#44DFB9 #44B8DF #446BDF

triadic

#44B8DF #DF44B8 #B8DF44

tetradic

#44B8DF #B944DF #DF6B44 #6BDF44

square

#44B8DF #B944DF #DF6B44 #6BDF44

split-complementary

#44B8DF #DF446B #DFB944

monochromatic

#197290 #229BC4 #44B8DF #78CCE8 #ADE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#44B8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#44B8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8DF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B8DF	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde9',
    500: '#44b8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b8df;
$custom-light: #8acde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.097,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73361,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B8DF

secondary

#DFB0A0

accent

#673AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B8DF

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