#44B8E6#44B8E6

#44B8E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.121 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#44B8E6
RGBrgb(68, 184, 230)
HSLhsl(197, 76%, 58%)
HSVhsv(197, 70%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.33, -17.86, -32.39)
CIE-LCHlch(70.33, 36.99, 241.12°)
OKLaboklab(73.67% -0.0805 -0.0908)
OKLCHoklch(73.67% 0.121 228.4)
XYZxyz(33.8015, 41.2192, 81.0222)
Luminance0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#44B8E6 #E67244
analogous
#44E6C3 #44B8E6 #4467E6
triadic
#44B8E6 #E644B8 #B8E644
tetradic
#44B8E6 #C344E6 #E67244 #67E644
square
#44B8E6 #C344E6 #E67244 #67E644
split-complementary
#44B8E6 #E64467 #E6C344
monochromatic
#15759B #1C9DD1 #44B8E6 #7ACCED #B0E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#44B8E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24
#44B8E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B8E6
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##44B8E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##44B8E61.002.279.249.24
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2421.001.001.00
##0000009.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0B5E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA5E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #44b8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.121 228.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdee',
    500: '#44b8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #44b8e6;
$custom-light: #8bcdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#44b8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.037,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73666,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#44B8E6
secondary
#E3B5A3
accent
#6B35F3
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#44B8E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva